Most Similar Movies to Up the River (1930)


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Pardon Us (1931), Hannibal Brooks (1969), Baja (2018), Papillon (2017), Two Way Stretch (1960), Judge Hardy and Son (1939), Stir Crazy (1980) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

Pardon Us (1931)

Pardon Us (1931)

7.0/10 Comedy

Two guys end up in prison after attempting to sell beer to a policeman during Prohibition.

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Hannibal Brooks (1969)

Hannibal Brooks (1969)

6.6/10 Comedy, War, Drama

A prisoner of war working at a zoo gets the chance to escape from the Germans, so he does and he takes with him the elephant that he's been caring for. Together they head for the Swiss border and freedom.

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Baja (2018)

Baja (2018)

4.5/10 Comedy

Four 22 year-olds on a Mexican road trip seem bound for disaster until they, and their trip, are unexpectedly redeemed by a series of miraculous events.

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Papillon (2017)

Papillon (2017)

7.1/10 Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama

Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.

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Two Way Stretch (1960)

Two Way Stretch (1960)

7.0/10 Comedy

Dodger Lane (Peter Sellers) has planned the perfect robbery while in prison. He intends to break out of prison, steal a fortune in diamonds, and break back into prison before anyone notices. With only a few days' sentence left, and the perfect alibi, what could possibly go wrong?

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Judge Hardy and Son (1939)

Judge Hardy and Son (1939)

6.9/10 Comedy, Drama

Judge Hardy, trying to find a relative of an aged couple to prevent them from losing their home, enlists the aid of his son Andy.

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Stir Crazy (1980)

Stir Crazy (1980)

6.8/10 Comedy, Crime

Set up and wrongfully accused, two best friends will be sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit. However, no prison cell could keep them locked in.

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Henry's Crime (2010)

Henry's Crime (2010)

6.0/10 Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance

Released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, an ex-con targets the same bank he was sent away for robbing.

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Yellowbeard (1983)

Yellowbeard (1983)

6.0/10 Comedy

After serving two decades in prison, Yellowbeard (Graham Chapman) breaks out determined to recover the treasure that he buried so long ago, alongside his son, old crew, and the British Navy.

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Let's Go to Prison (2006)

Let's Go to Prison (2006)

6.0/10 Comedy, Crime

When a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim's son in his place by putting him in prison...and then joining him.

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Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)

Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)

5.5/10 Comedy

In 1892, two vaudevillians and petty con artists get involved, together with the most notorious bank robber, in a New York City bank heist.

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Forrest Gump (1994)

Forrest Gump (1994)

8.8/10 Romance, Drama

The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, Vietnam, Watergate, and other history unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75.

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The Old Man & the Gun (2018)

The Old Man & the Gun (2018)

6.7/10 Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance

Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.

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Life During Wartime (2009)

Life During Wartime (2009)

6.4/10 Comedy, Drama

Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos.

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Get Hard (2015)

Get Hard (2015)

6.0/10 Comedy, Crime

When millionaire James King is jailed for fraud and bound for San Quentin, he turns to Darnell Lewis to prep him to go behind bars.

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Doing Time (2002)

Doing Time (2002)

5.9/10 Drama, Comedy

A gun collector, Hanawa (Tsutomu Yamazaki), is arrested and convicted of possessing illegal firearms. He's sentenced to three years inside a minimum-security prison. Although the facility is no hell on earth, most people would understandably hate the ordeal -- but not Hanawa, who considers the clockwork minutiae of prison life anything but depressing. He finds an odd comfort in his daily routines and feels that he is more whole with his fellow prisoners than with the world beyond the walls.

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Semper Fi (2019)

Semper Fi (2019)

6.1/10 Mystery, Thriller

A police officer who serves in the Marine Corps Reserves is faced with an ethical dilemma when it comes to helping his brother in prison.

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City Island (2009)

City Island (2009)

7.4/10 Comedy, Drama

The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arrival of a young ex-con (Strait) brought ...

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