Most Similar Movies to Midnight Express (1978)
If you are looking for movies like Midnight Express (1978), you might like movies tagged with keyword : prison, drugs, true story, escape, law, injustice, violence, fear, loneliness, despair, survival, 1970s, trial, suffering, psychological torture, cultural conflict, human rights, corruption, friendship, betrayal .
Papillon (2017), El Clan (2015), American Gangster (2007), Return to Paradise (1998), Serpico (1973), Mesrine Part 1: Killer Instinct (2008), Mesrine Part 2: Public Enemy #1 (2008) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
Papillon (2017)
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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El Clan (2015)
The true story of the Puccio Clan, a family who kidnapped and killed people in the 80s.
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American Gangster (2007)
An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.
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Return to Paradise (1998)
Two friends must choose whether to help a third friend who was arrested in Malaysia for drug possession.
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Serpico (1973)
An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
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Mesrine Part 1: Killer Instinct (2008)
The story of french gangster Jacques Mesrine, before he was called Public Enemy N°1.
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Mesrine Part 2: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
The story of notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine.
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Black Mass (2015)
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
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Escape From Pretoria (2020)
Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, Escape From Pretoria is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa.
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Citizen Gangster (2011)
WWII vet Eddie Boyd is torn between providing for his young family and an unfulfilled dream of becoming a Hollywood star. He discovers a way to do both, but his dream leads him down a path of danger and tragedy.
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Redemption (2004)
Stan "Tookie" Williams (Jamie Foxx), founder of the infamous Los Angeles street gang the Crips, is sent to death row in 1981. Journalist Barbara Becnel (Lynn Whitfield) wants to interview Williams after her son gets interested in gang culture. Though initially reluctant to speak to anyone, Williams' outlook changes when he begins writing children's books. Resolving to redeem himself before his execution, Williams talks to Becnel about his turbulent childhood and his rise to gangster legend.
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12 Years a Slave (2013)
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
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Carlito's Way (1993)
A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.
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The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.
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Blow (2001)
The story of how George Jung, along with the Medellín Cartel headed by Pablo Escobar, established the American cocaine market in the 1970s in the United States.
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Lansky (1999)
Immigrant Meyer Lansky (Richard Dreyfuss) grows up on the New York streets and embarks on a life of crime.
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The Walk (2015)
In 1974, high-wire artist Philippe Petit recruits a team of people to help him realize his dream: to walk the immense void between the World Trade Center towers.
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On the Yard (1979)
A middle-class wife murderer (John Heard) defies the authority of a street-smart inmate boss (Thomas Waites) in prison.
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