The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Spirits of the Dead (1968), Seven (1995), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), Woodpeckers (2017), Papillon (1973), Confessions (2010), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Punishment movies.
Storyline: Chronicles the experiences of a formerly successful banker as a prisoner in the gloomy jailhouse of Shawshank after being found guilty of a crime he did not commit. The film portrays the man's unique way of dealing with his new, torturous life; along the way he befriends a number of fellow prisoners, most notably a wise long-term inmate named Red.
Plot Keywords: hope, redemption, friendship, prison, freedom, perseverance, betrayal ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Roger Vadim, Louis Malle and Federico Fellini collaborated on this trio of tales based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe.
Plot Keywords: horror, fantasy, anthology, french, italian, surreal, gothic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A meticulous detective (Morgan Freeman) and the young officer (Brad Pitt) about to replace the veteran probe serial murders based on the seven deadly sins.
Plot Keywords: crime, thriller, mystery, psychological, dark, serial killer, detective ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Having returned from fighting in World War I, James Allen doesn't want to settle into a humdrum life and decides to set off to find his fortune. He travels the length and breadth of America, working as a skilled tradesman in the construction industry. When times get tough however, he finds himself living in a shelter where an acquaintance suggests they go out for a hamburger. What the friend really has in mind is to rob the diner and Allen soon finds himself working on a chain gang with a long jail sentence. Allen manages to escape however and heads to Chicago where over several years he slowly but surely works his way up the ladder to become one of the most respected construction engineers in the city. His past catches up with him and despite protestations from civic leaders and his many friends in Chicago, he finds himself again on the chain gang. Escaping for a second time, he accepts that to survive, he must lead a life of crime.
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, prison, fugitive, social injustice, justice system, oppression ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, prison, social issues, communication, isolation, emotions ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A semi-fictional account of Henri Charrière's time in the penal system in French Guyana - some of it spent on infamous Devil's Island - is presented. It's the early 1930s. Charrière - nicknamed Papillon because of his butterfly tattoo - and Louis Dega are two among many who have been convicted in the French judicial system, they now being transferred to French Guyana where they will serve their time, never to return to France even if they are ever released. A safe-cracker by criminal profession, Papillon is serving a life sentence for murdering a pimp, a crime for which he adamantly states he was framed. Dega is a wealthy counterfeiter, who expects his well-to-do wife eventually to get him released. On Papillon's initiative, Papillon and Dega enter into a business arrangement: Papillon will provide protection for Dega, while Dega will finance Papillon's escape attempt. As Papillon and Degas' time together lasts longer than either expects, their burgeoning friendship ends up being an ...
Plot Keywords: prison break, friendship, survival, freedom, adventure, crime, biography ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death.
Plot Keywords: revenge, psychological thriller, mystery, crime, teacher, students, murder ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Midshipman Roger Byam joins Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian aboard HMS Bounty for a voyage to Tahiti. Bligh proves to be a brutal tyrant and, after six pleasant months on Tahiti, Christian leads the crew to mutiny on the homeward voyage. Even though Byam takes no part in the mutiny, he must defend himself against charges that he supported Christian.
Plot Keywords: adventure, historical, nautical, drama, classic, oscar, crew ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A thoroughly mind-provoking film about 3 young women who, under tragic circumstances, see themselves cast away to a Magdalene Asylum for young women in 1964. One of many like institutions, the asylums are run like prisons and young girls are forced to do workhouse laundry and hard labor. The asylum, one of many that existed in theocratic Catholic Ireland, is for supposedly 'fallen' women. Here, young girls are imprisoned indefinitely and endure agonizing punishments and a long, harsh working system which leaves them physically drained and mentally damaged. As the girls bond together, it soon becomes clear that the only way out of the Magdalene convent is to escape, but with twisted Sister Bridget running the wing, any chances seem limited...
Plot Keywords: drama, history, women, religion, abuse, ireland, oppression ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Screen adapatation of Mozart's greatest opera. Don Giovanni, the infamous womanizer, makes one conquest after another until the ghost of Donna Anna's father, the Commendatore, (whom Giovanni killed) makes his appearance. He offers Giovanni one last chance to repent for his multitudinious improprieties. He will not change his ways So, he is sucked down into hell by evil spirits. High drama, hysterical comedy, magnificent music!—<frankpat@ix.netcom.com>
Plot Keywords: opera, classical music, italy, erotic, drama, romance, seduction ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy weighs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past.
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, coming of age, social issues, psychological, redemption, british film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Wrongfully accused of child abduction and murder, the angelic-faced single mother, Lee Geum-ja, is released from prison after thirteen long years. Hell-bent on taking her sweet revenge on the man behind the hideous crime, Lee hatches an infallible plan of retribution with the help of her cellmates; however, planning is easier than doing. Now--as Lee Geum-ja struggles to make amends with the daughter she was forced to give up--at the same time, she finds herself torn between her insatiable thirst for vengeance and the desperate need for atonement. Can she have both?
Plot Keywords: revenge, crime, thriller, violence, female protagonist, dark, mystery ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Documentary depicting day to day life in Angola Prison mostly from an inmate's perspective. Interviews are with several inmates including one with a life sentence who is about to die.
Plot Keywords: prison, documentary, usa, louisiana, crime, justice system, racial issues ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Inventor Gepetto creates a wooden marionette called Pinocchio. His wish for Pinocchio to be a real boy is unexpectedly granted by a fairy. The fairy assigns Jiminy Cricket to act as Pinocchio's "conscience" and keep him out of trouble. Jiminy is not too successful in this endeavor and most of the film is spent with Pinocchio deep in trouble.
Plot Keywords: animation, fantasy, musical, family, adventure, disney, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Into the abyss explores a triple murder which occurred in the small Texas City of Conroe in 2001. Michael Perry and Jason Burkett, under the influence of alcohol and drugs, murdered a middle-aged housewife; they then gunned down her stepson and his friend. The film features Conversations with the two inmates and those affected by their crime. Unlike many of the films that deal with crimes, into the abyss isn't concerned with figuring out exactly what happened, but rather serves as an examination of why people - and the state - kill.—Brad
Plot Keywords: crime, documentary, death penalty, murder, prison, true story, interview ...
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