Films like Murder in the First
A young, inexperienced public defender is assigned to defend an inmate accused of committing murder while behind bars.
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Rampage
Film · 1987 · also crime and dramaLiberal 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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The Enforcer
Film · 1976 · also crime and dramaDirty Harry Callahan returns again, this time saddled with a rookie female partner. Together, they must stop a terrorist group consisting of angry Vietnam veterans.
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Felon
Film · 2008 · also crime and dramaA family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.
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Point Blank
Film · 1967 · also crime and dramaAfter being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from...
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The Life of David Gale
Film · 2003 · also crime and dramaA man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
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Escape from Alcatraz
Film · 1979 · also dramaSan Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to...
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Birdman of Alcatraz
Film · 1962 · also crime and dramaAfter killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new...
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The Mauritanian
Film · 2021 · also dramaThe true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a decade and sought he...
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Lock Up
Film · 1989 · also crime and dramaFrank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned...
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Convict
Film · 2014 · also crime and dramaSet in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defen...
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