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   The Last Temptation of Christ

   Film · 1988 · also drama

   Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protes...

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   Rampage

   Film · 1987 · also drama

   Liberal district attorney decides to seek the death penalty for a man who slaughtered a family at Christmastime, then drank their blood. He escapes, though, and starts ki...

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3. 3

   The Magdalene Sisters

   Film · 2002 · also drama

   Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.

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   Killer: A Journal of Murder

   Film · 1996 · also drama

   Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends...

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   Clemency

   Film · 2019 · also drama

   Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the p...

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   He Got Game

   Film · 1998 · also drama

   A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.

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   Return to Sender

   Film · 2015 · also drama

   A nurse mistakes a stranger who pays her a visit for her blind date and soon, the man rapes her and turns her life upside down. The woman works to reclaim her life and ex...

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   Born Innocent

   Film · 1976 · also drama

   A constant runaway is given over to the care of the state and finds herself in a remand centre for girls. She is soon caught between the uncaring bureaucracy, the sometim...

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   Breakwater

   Film · 2023 · also drama

   A young ex-con risks his newfound freedom to track down the estranged daughter of a fellow inmate, and unknowingly brings a devil from her past straight to her doorstep.

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    The Life of David Gale

    Film · 2003 · also drama

    A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.

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