Kiss of Death (1947), Wild Bill (2011), The Yellow Handkerchief (2008), The Last Deadly Mission (2008), Party Girl (1995), Stand Up Guys (2012), Shockproof (1949), Twilight in the Sierras (1950) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Parole movies.
Storyline: Small-time crook Nick Bianco gets caught in a jewel heist and despite urgings from well-meaning district attorney D'Angelo, refuses to rat on his partners and goes to jail, assured that his wife and children will be taken care of. Learning that his depressed wife has killed herself, Nick informs on his ex-pals and is paroled. Nick remarries, gets a job and begins leading a happy life when he learns one of the men he informed on, psychopathic killer Tommy Udo, has been released from custody and is out for revenge against Nick and his family.—Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>
Plot Keywords: murderer, criminal, wife, police detective, elderly woman, dark, tense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Out on parole after 8 years inside, Bill Hayward returns home to find his now 11- and 15-year-old sons abandoned by their mother and fending for themselves. Unwilling to play Dad, an uncaring Bill is determined to move on. Although Dean the older boy has found a job and is doing his best to be a father to his younger brother Jimmy, the arrival of Bill brings them to the attention of social services. With the danger of being put into care looming, Dean forces his feckless dad to stay by threatening to grass him up for dealing. If there's one thing Bill doesn't want it's to go back to prison. He reluctantly agrees to stay for a week to help fool social services that the boys are being cared for. Having never really grown up himself, Bill quickly connects with Jimmy and, through this new bond, starts to realize what he's been missing. He has a family, a place in the world. He is a father. However, their happy family set-up is short lived when Jimmy gets into trouble with Bill's dangerous...
Plot Keywords: family, father, wild, gritty, london, released from prison, parole ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: One lazy afternoon in a backwater Louisiana town, Martine takes a leap into an unfamiliar convertible. The driver, Gordy, an awkward young itinerant who eyed her in the diner earlier, isn't displeased to find this pretty sylph in his front seat. Soon they meet Brett, a laconic, humble man just released from prison. Martine isn't keen on going solo with Gordy, and now it's raining cats and dogs, so she invites Brett along, and the unlikely trio sets out, each person unsure of the destination. What ensues is a journey through the lush green byways of rural Louisiana and into the depths of these characters' souls.—Marisa_Gabriella
Plot Keywords: ex-convict, teen boy, teen girl, ex-wife, con artist, somber, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In Marseilles, the discredited and alcoholic Detective Schneider hijacks a bus and forces the bus driver with a gun to drive him home. He is arrested by the swat force and his washed up career in the police department practically ends. Schneider is removed from the investigation of a serial-killer that is committing hideous crimes against women and assigned to a bureaucratic work in the night-shift in the precinct. Through glimpses from his recollections, Schneider recalls the tragic accident that killed his daughter and left his wife attached to a life support system. Meanwhile, the sick criminal Charles Subra, who killed the parents of two girls many years ago, convinces the probation committee in the prison that he has found God and is regenerated and may be released. Justine, one of the daughters that survived, has never overcome the trauma of her loss and is worried with the possibility of the freedom of the criminal. When Schneider discovers the identity of the serial-killer, he finds also the corruption in the high command of the police, and he decides to go to his last mission on Earth in his descent to Hell.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plot Keywords: cop, murderer, ex-convict, madman, victim, daughter, brash ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Mary is a free-spirited young woman with a run-down New York apartment and a high fashion wardrobe. She calls her godmother, a librarian, for bail money after being arrested for throwing an illegal party. To repay the loan, she begins working as a library clerk. At first she hates it, but when challenged decides to master the Dewey Decimal System and become a great library clerk, while romancing a falafel vendor and helping her roommate in his goal to become a professional DJ.—James Meek <james@oz.net>
Plot Keywords: party girl, aunt, romantic interest, dj, best friend, business owner, cheeky ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After 28 years, Val gets out of prison, and his friend Doc picks him up. The local mob boss, Claphands, wants Val dead (Claphands' son died in a robbery and he blames Val) and Doc has until morning to kill him. It's a long night: Val wants to party - they visit a cat house, Val needs Viagra, they break into a pharmacy. After midnight, they pick up Hirsch, their old wheelman, drive the city in a stolen car. They visit the cat house, help a woman in distress, bury a body, and eat at Doc's hangout, a café where the waitress, Alex, is cheerful. The sun rises, Claphands wants Val dead, and Val, who has figured out his fate, is resigned. Is there anything left to take care of?
Plot Keywords: ex-convict, gangster, mafia boss, friend, spirited, witty, city ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After having served 5 years in prison, for killing a man while defending her disreputable lover, Harry (John Baragrey), Jenny Marsh (Patricia Knight) is set for parole. Her parole officer, Griff Marat Cornel Wilde is determined to make Jenny go straight. For lack of other prospects Griff finds Jenny a job in his own home, something totally against regulations. At first, Jenny still has feelings for Harry, but as Griff shows her more compassion and care, she falls in love with him - which Harry seems to encourage, because he has plans to crush Griff and his dreams of political office, and the situation soon becomes even more dangerous...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: convict, parole officer, ex-convict, love interest, elderly person, dark, melodramatic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Roy is a United States Marshal tracking down a counterfeiting ring and hunting down a mountain lion. Songs: "It's One Wonderful Day," "Rootin' Tootin' Cowboy," "Pancho's Rancho" and the title song.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: roy rogers, judge, foreman, counterfeiter, sheriff, sister, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: An ex-convict (Richard Pryor) takes handicapped orphans and their teacher (Cicely Tyson) from Philadelphia to Washington state by bus.
Plot Keywords: ex-convict, teacher, parole officer, blind boy, pyromaniac, young girl, heartwarming ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Simon, a burglar on parole, agrees to steal a priceless diamond and has a diamond expert help him with the heist.
Plot Keywords: burglar, expert, accomplice, suspenseful, diamond, parole, released from prison ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Anita is a high-school girl who frequently allows random boys and men to have sex with her, and is frequently raped by her absentee mother's boyfriend. As part of a school assignment Anita takes up correspondence with a lonely young prison inmate, whose letters stir up dormant desires for violence and guns. After buying herself a firearm, Anita convinces her mother's boyfriend to teach her how to use it, and, after he rapes her again, shoots him to death and hides the body. She then sets about getting her new "boyfriend" out of jail and to her, where she slowly drags him with her on her downward spiral of sex, violence, and murder for the sake of murder.—JoJo
Plot Keywords: temptress, convict, parole officer, high-school student, preacher, mother, brutal ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: An ex-con moves into an old apartment building, where he encounters a domestic problem involving a police officer, his wife, and their daughter. When he tries to intervene, however, a mysterious curse entraps him.
Plot Keywords: ex-convict, deceased mother, ex-girlfriend, dark, apartment building, parole, released from prison ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Racing across the country from L.A. to New York, a plethora of exotic cars carry contestants hoping to win a very large sum.
Plot Keywords: race car driver, rival, girlfriend, brother, ex-convict, mafioso, spectacular ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In the tradition of "Crash" comes this explosive new Australian drama. 19 year-old Matt struggles to rebuild his life after a tragic car accident. For a while he finds comfort in the arms of a streetwise call girl. But his past catches up with him, and when an unhinged survivor of the accident kidnaps his sister, Matt is forced to turn to his worst enemy for help - and face up to his own crimes.—ANDREW BETTRIDGE
Plot Keywords: prisoners, prison life, prison guard, girlfriend, gang member, gory, frightening ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Emerging from prison after four years, Neil Skinner (Pierce Brosnan) has only one aim: revenge against the man who framed him, his former business partner Ebbet Berens (Tom Skerritt). The two handled security for a San Diego racetrack, but Ebbet has since usurped both that and Sheila (Wendy Hughes), Neil's former love. The embittered Neil assembles a group of track insiders to pull off a robbery that will vindicate him and send his rival to jail. And, if he's lucky, he'll win the girl back too.
Plot Keywords: ex-convict, business partner, ex-girlfriend, janitor, security guard, thief, cool ...
Movie Details Click Here!