Films like Levity
Manuel Jordan is a man who is free after serving 23 years for killing a teenager during an attempted robbery. After nearly two decades of staring at his victim's face on a newspaper clipping in his cell, the newly paroled man seeks redemption. Instead, redemption—in the form of a...
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Riot in Cell Block 11
Film · 1954 · also crime and dramaA prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.
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I Walk Alone
Film · 1947 · also crime and dramaBootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City ni...
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Brute Force
Film · 1947 · also crime and dramaTimeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going...
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Sing Sing
Film · 2024 · also dramaDivine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, h...
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Odds Against Tomorrow
Film · 1959 · also crime and dramaAn old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.
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The Night of the Hunter
Film · 1955 · also crime and dramaIn Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
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The Killer Is Loose
Film · 1956 · also crimeA savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally k...
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Straight Time
Film · 1978 · also crime and dramaAfter being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power...
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Kiss of Death
Film · 1947 · also crimeAn ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.
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Dog Pound
Film · 2010 · also dramaThree juvenile delinquents arrive at a correctional center and are put under the care of an experienced guard.
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