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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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Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951)

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951)

6.6/10 Drama

At California's Folsom Prison, escape attempts and riots are on the rise due to the old-school sadistic style of management of a brutal warden.

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Brubaker (1980)

Brubaker (1980)

7.2/10 Crime, Drama

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

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The Big House (1930)

The Big House (1930)

7.1/10 Crime, Drama

A convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.

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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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Oil for the Lamps of China (1935)

Oil for the Lamps of China (1935)

6.5/10 Drama

An American, working for his oil company in China, disregards all but the company's interests. " The characters and the institution portrayed in the story are not actual but the product of fiction. The oil business was chosen because light has ever been symbolic of progress."

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Thank You for Your Service (2017)

Thank You for Your Service (2017)

6.5/10 War, Biography, Drama

A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.

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The Hill (1965)

The Hill (1965)

7.9/10 War, Drama

In a North African military prison during World War II, five new prisoners struggle to survive in the face of brutal punishment and sadistic guards.

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Scarred Hearts (2016)

Scarred Hearts (2016)

7.8/10 Drama, History

Emanuel is committed to a sanatorium for treatment of his bone tuberculosis. Little by little, as Emanuel gets accustomed to the limitations of his new life, he discovers that inside the sanatorium there is still a life to be lived to the fullest.

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The Field (1990)

The Field (1990)

7.4/10 Drama, Adventure

When a field (which has been farmed by the McCabe family for generations) goes up for auction, the patriarch of the McCabe family will stop at nothing to prevent a rich American from buying it.

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Beautiful Boy (2018)

Beautiful Boy (2018)

7.3/10 Biography, Drama

Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse, and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.

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Escape by Night (1960)

Escape by Night (1960)

7.2/10 Drama, War, Mystery, Thriller

Three allied prisoners, a Russian, an American and an Englishman, attempt to escape with the help of a young couple from Rome.

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Katyn (2007)

Katyn (2007)

7.0/10 Drama, History, War

An examination of the Soviet slaughter of thousands of Polish officers and citizens in the Katyn forest in 1940.

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What Doesn't Kill You (2008)

What Doesn't Kill You (2008)

6.6/10 Crime, Drama

Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and their friendship.

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Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)

Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)

6.5/10 Drama, History

English nurse Edith Cavell is matron in a small private hospital in German-occupied Brussels during WWI. When the son of a recently deceased patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, Cavell aids him to reach Holland and safety. This leads to Cavell, a local noblewoman, the grandmother of the escaped prisoner-of-war, and others to form an organization to help...Read all

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King of the Underworld (1939)

King of the Underworld (1939)

6.4/10 Crime, Drama

After the killing of her husband by friendly fire during a police raid, Dr. Carole Nelson tries to find gangster Joe Gurney to clear her name with the medical board.

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Most Wanted (2020)

Most Wanted (2020)

6.1/10 Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

In 1989, a Canadian journalist investigates the circumstances surrounding the suspicious arrest of a heroin addict imprisoned in a Thai jail.

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Unbroken: Path to Redemption (2018)

Unbroken: Path to Redemption (2018)

5.8/10 Biography, Drama, History

The next amazing chapter of Olympian and World War II hero Louis Zamperini's powerful true story of forgiveness, redemption, and amazing grace.

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