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Shot Caller

Shot Caller

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 7.3

A newly-released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.

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Into the Abyss

Into the Abyss

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 2011 IMDB Rating: 7.3

We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue with Death Row inmates, asks questions about life and death and looks deep into these individuals, th...

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Papillon

Papillon

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friend...

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Raw Deal

Raw Deal

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1948 IMDB Rating: 7.2

A revenge-seeking gangster is sent to prison after being framed for a crime he didn't commit. After seducing a beautiful young woman, he uses her to help him carry out his plot for vengeance, leading...

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Runaway Train

Runaway Train

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 1985 IMDB Rating: 7.2

A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the...

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Trial by Fire

Trial by Fire

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2019 IMDB Rating: 7.1

The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas for killing his three children after scientific evidence and expert testimony that bolstered his claims of inno...

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Brawl in Cell Block 99

Brawl in Cell Block 99

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Film Age rating: 17 Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 7.1

After working as a drug courier and getting into a brutal shootout with police, a former boxer finds himself at the mercy of his enemies as they force him to instigate violent acts that turn the priso...

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The United States of Leland

The United States of Leland

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2003 IMDB Rating: 7

A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with...

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Holes

Holes

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Film Age rating: 8 Year: 2003 IMDB Rating: 7

A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he must dig holes in order to build character. What he doesn't know is that he is digging holes in order to search for a lost...

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Undisputed II: Last Man Standing

Undisputed II: Last Man Standing

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Film Age rating: 17 Year: 2006 IMDB Rating: 7

Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the jailhouse fighting champ Uri Boyka in a battle to...

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