Highest-Rated Movies about 'Halfway House', Sort by Popularity

Angel Baby (1995), Spider (2002), The Hellions (1961), The Secret Sex Life of a Single Mom (2014), The Attic Expeditions (2001), Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985), Killer Diller (2004), The Hoodlum Priest (1961) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Halfway House movies.

#3. The Hellions (1961)

Storyline: A fictional story on the real life work of St. Louis-based Jesuit priest, Father Charles Dismas Clark, is told, he who is assigned to work in a Catholic high school, but who feels he can best serve in providing guidance to convicts and ex-cons, the latter specifically by helping them reintegrate into society, including finding them housing and employment in a society that is less than welcoming to them, largely resulting in those ex-cons once again committing crimes and being sent back to prison otherwise. This work often places him at odds with the authorities as he is unwilling to betray the confidence of those convicts and ex-cons, even in matters of a criminal nature, they who only confide in him in he earning their trust. He is able to enlist the assistance of lawyer Louis Rosen, who eventually buys into Father Clark's view of assisting this marginalized population. The story told is of young ex-con Billy Lee Jackson, just released from prison and who is destined to recommit crimes in being all he knows. Despite their difficult introduction in which Billy wanted to show how tough he is, Father Clark is able to get through to him to help him find gainful employment as well as a place to live. In the process, Billy is eventually even able to find love, with socialite Ellen Henley who can see the inherent goodness in him. The problem becomes if Billy will turn back to a life of crime if he feels that even one person isn't giving him a fair shake. Things become even more complicated with journalist George McHale, who wants it both ways by trying to write an exposé of Father Clark in what he sees as the Father's protection of the criminal element, while glorifying crime in the way he shapes his stories.—Huggo

Plot Keywords: outlaw, police sergeant, townspeople, lawman, family, criminal, brooding ...

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#4. The Secret Sex Life of a Single Mom (2014)

Storyline: THE SCRIBBLER follows Suki (Katie Cassidy), a young woman confronting her destructive mental illness using "The Siamese Burn," an experimental machine designed to eliminate multiple personalities. The closer Suki comes to being "cured," she's haunted by a thought - what if the last unwanted identity turns out to be her?—anonymous

Plot Keywords: divorcée, mother, single mother, single woman, lover, confident, positive ...

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#5. The Attic Expeditions (2001)

Storyline: Trevor is a young man who has been sentenced to a long stay in a mental hospital after brutally killing his girlfriend. However, the longer Trevor is in stir, the more he wonders if the murder ever really happened, or if it's all just a horrible fantasy implanted in his brain by Dr. Ek, the sinister director of the asylum.—Schleppy

Plot Keywords: prisoner, doctor, psychiatrist, psychopath, friend, girlfriend, chilling ...

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#6. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

Storyline: Five years after killing the goalie hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees, Tommy Jarvis has grown up in various mental hospitals unable to get over the nightmares about Jason's return. When Tommy is sent to a rural halfway house in New Jersey for mentally disturbed teenagers, a series of grisly murders begin anew as another hockey-masked killer begins killing off all people at and around the residence. Has Jason returned from the dead to re-start his killing spree? Has Tommy decided to take over the reign of Jason, or has someone else?

Plot Keywords: mental patient, killer, doctor, jason voorhees, teenager, girlfriend, gory ...

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#7. Killer Diller (2004)

Storyline: A group of criminal misfits brought together in a halfway house forms the Killer Diller Blues Band. Sentenced for parole violation, Wesley Benfield and some of his musically inclined housemates are recruited by Ned Sears, who runs the halfway house, to play church music for students and retirees. When Wesley meets autistic piano player Vernon, the band really takes off, but the members need to pull off one more crime in order to make it big.

Plot Keywords: musician, criminal, disabled person, band member, singer, engaging, touching ...

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#8. The Hoodlum Priest (1961)

Storyline: Venturing into some of the roughest slums of St. Louis, Jesuit priest Rev. Charles Dismas Clark (Don Murray) dedicates himself to helping young ex-convicts who are struggling to rejoin a society that fears and rejects them. An especially wrenching case for the Reverend is Billy Lee Jackson (Keir Dullea), a troubled thief whose personal demons constantly tempt him back to a life of crime -- and may ultimately make him pay the highest price for a few desperate decisions.

Plot Keywords: priest, ex-convict, reporter, gritty, somber, powerful, st. louis ...

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