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Visaranai

Visaranai is a 2015 Tamil-language Indian film directed by Vetrimaaran, depicting police brutality and coerced confessio...

Police Brutality True Story Thriller 2010S

8.6 Great

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Papillon (1973)

Papillon recounts the true story of Henri Charrière, a French man wrongly convicted of murder who spends years imprisone...

True Story Escape 1970S Devils Island

8.4 Great

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Starred Up

Starred Up portrays the brutal realities of adolescent incarceration within the UK prison system. The film’s central nar...

Youth British Violence 2010S

8.2 Great

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The Work

The Work is a documentary film exploring group therapy sessions within Folsom State Prison. Created by Jairus McLeary an...

Documentary Therapy 2010S Folsom

8.2 Great

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Oz: The Series

Oz is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana that premiered on HBO in 1997, running for six seasons....

Drama Hbo 1990S Violence

8.2 Great

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A Twelve-Year Night

"A Twelve-Year Night" is a 2018 Uruguayan historical drama film directed by Álvaro Brechner that dramatizes the brutal i...

True Story Political Uruguayan 2010S

7.8 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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A Prayer Before Dawn

A Prayer Before Dawn is a 2017 biographical prison drama directed by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire. The film is an adaptation o...

Boxing True Story Thailand 2010S

7.5 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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The Mustang

The Mustang is a 2019 psychological drama film directed by French actress and filmmaker Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre. It f...

Drama Rehabilitation 2010S Horse Training

7.2 Good

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Against the Wall

Against the Wall is a 1994 historical crime drama television film produced by HBO and directed by John Frankenheimer. It...

Drama True Story 1990S Riot

7.2 Good

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Dog Pound

"Dog Pound" is a 2010 Canadian psychological drama film directed by Kim Chapiron. It focuses on the experiences of three...

Drama Violence 2010S Juvenile

7.0 Good

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Gangaajal

Gangaajal is a 2003 Hindi-language Bollywood film directed by Prakash Jha, starring Ajay Devgn as an honest police offic...

Drama India Police Brutality True Story

7.0 Good

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O.G.

O.G. is a 2018 American prison drama film directed by Madeleine Sackler and starring Jeffrey Wright as Louis, a long-inc...

Modern Drama 2010S Reentry

6.9 Fair

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American Violet

American Violet is a 2008 American drama directed by Tim Disney and inspired by the case of Regina Kelly in Hearne, Texa...

Drama True Story 2000S Drug War

6.8 Fair

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Killer: A Journal of Murder

Killer: A Journal of Murder is a 1995 American film starring James Woods as real-life serial killer Carl Panzram, based...

Drama True Story 1990S Reform

6.7 Fair

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Convicts Four

Convicts Four is a 1962 American crime drama directed by Millard Kaufman and starring Ben Gazzara as John Resko. The fil...

Drama True Story 1960S Rehabilitation

6.5 Fair

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Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story is a 1980 American television film that dramatizes the history of the Alcatraz Federa...

Drama True Story 1980S TV Film

6.4 Fair

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An Innocent Man

An Innocent Man is a 1989 American prison crime drama directed by Peter Yates. Tom Selleck plays Jimmie Rainwood, an ord...

Drama Revenge 1980S Wrongful

6.3 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