swap_horiz Black Tuesday Alternatives

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The Prisoner (1955)

*The Prisoner* is a 1955 British psychological drama film directed by Peter Glenville and starring Alec Guinness and Jac...

Drama Political 1950S Interrogation

7.6 Good

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Clemency

"Clemency" is a 2019 American drama film directed by Chinonye Chukwu that explores the profound psychological toll of ca...

Drama 2010S Death Row Warden

7.6 Good

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The Criminal Code

The Criminal Code is a pre-Code American drama film released in 1931, directed by Howard Hawks and distributed by Columb...

Classic Drama Crime 1930S

7.5 Good

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Two Seconds

Two Seconds is a 1932 Warner Bros. pre-Code drama directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Edward G. Robinson as a condemned m...

Classic Drama 1930S Pre Code

7.4 Good

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The Old Man and the Gun

2018 American biographical crime film directed by David Lowery, in which Robert Redford portrays real-life bank robber F...

Drama Crime True Story 2010S

7.3 Good

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Bad Boys (1983)

"Bad Boys" is a 1983 American crime drama directed by Rick Rosenthal. The film is notable for featuring Sean Penn in an...

Drama Crime 1980S Juvenile

7.2 Good

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The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away is a 1957 British war film directed by Roy Ward Baker. It chronicles the true story of Franz von W...

True Story Escape 1950S Pow

7.2 Good

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The Criminal (1960)

Short Eyes is a 1977 American prison drama film directed by Robert M. Young and adapted by Miguel Piñero from his own pl...

Drama Crime British 1960S

7.1 Good

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The Colditz Story

The Colditz Story is a 1955 British prisoner-of-war film directed by Guy Hamilton and based on books by former captive P...

Escape British 1950S Pow

7.1 Good

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The Last Mile

The Last Mile is a 1932 American pre-Code prison drama film directed by Samuel Bischoff, based on the 1929 Broadway play...

Classic Drama Crime 1930S

7.1 Good

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The Wooden Horse

The Wooden Horse is a 1950 British prisoner-of-war escape film directed by Jack Lee and based on Eric Williams's memoir....

Escape British 1950S Pow

7.0 Good

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Invisible Stripes

Invisible Stripes is a 1939 American crime film directed by Lloyd Bacon and released by Warner Bros. George Raft plays a...

Classic Crime 1930S Parole

6.6 Fair

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On the Yard

On the Yard is a 1978 American prison drama set in a California state penitentiary. Adapted from Malcolm Braly's novel,...

Drama Survival Crime 1970S

6.6 Fair

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So Young So Bad

So Young So Bad is a 1950 American drama directed by Bernard Vorhaus, starring Paul Henreid as a progressive psychiatris...

Drama Youth 1950S Reform

6.4 Fair

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Riot

Riot is a 1969 American prison film directed by Buzz Kulik and starring Gene Hackman and Jim Brown. Its story depicts in...

Drama Crime Escape 1960S

6.3 Fair

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Women's Prison

Women's Prison is a 1955 American prison-noir film directed by Lewis Seiler and released by Columbia Pictures. Ida Lupin...

Classic Drama 1950S Women In Prison

6.3 Fair

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Convicted

Convicted is a 1950 Columbia Pictures crime drama directed by Henry Levin. Glenn Ford plays a man who is wrongfully sent...

Drama Crime Noir 1950S

6.2 Fair

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San Quentin

San Quentin is a 1937 Warner Bros. crime film starring Pat O'Brien and Humphrey Bogart, set inside California's San Quen...

Classic Drama Crime 1930S

6.1 Fair

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Cell 2455, Death Row

Cell 2455, Death Row is a 1955 Columbia Pictures film based on the autobiography of Caryl Chessman, a convicted criminal...

Drama True Story Noir 1950S

6.0 Fair

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Girls on the Loose

Girls on the Loose is a 1958 American crime film directed by Paul Henreid and produced for Universal-International. It f...

Drama Crime Exploitation 1950S

4.6 Poor