Most Similar Movies to On the Yard (1979)
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Animal Factory (2000), The Shadow of Violence (2019), The Concrete Jungle (1960), Satya (1998), A Prophet (2009), Starred Up (2013), The Big House (1930) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
Animal Factory (2000)
A young man goes to prison and a tough, older convict takes him under his wing as a mentor.
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The Shadow of Violence (2019)
A former boxer cares for his autistic son while working as an enforcer for a family of drug dealers in rural Ireland.
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The Concrete Jungle (1960)
The mastermind (Stanley Baker) of a racetrack robbery escapes from prison to the loot and is double-crossed by his gang.
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Satya (1998)
An innocent man is embroiled in underworld after being falsely charged and sets out to punish the perpetrators who subjected his life to misery.
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Starred Up (2013)
Eric Love, 19, is locked up in prison. On first day he assaults another inmate and several guards. He's offered group therapy and his dad, an inmate as well, tries to talk sense into him. Can he be rehabilitated?
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The Big House (1930)
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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Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013)
Inspired by horrifying true events, Nothing Bad Can Happen follows Tore, a young lost soul involved with an underground Christian punk movement who falls in with a dysfunctional family who test his seemingly unwavering faith.
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Dog Pound (2010)
Three juvenile delinquents are sentenced to a correctional facility where they encounter gang violence, death, and harassment from staff and other inmates.
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Sangre de Mi Sangre (2007)
A Mexican boy smuggles himself to Brooklyn to meet his long-lost father - only to have his identity stolen upon arrival by an impostor who seeks to steal the fathers' fortune.
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Charming Billy (1999)
Billy Starkman is a seemingly ordinary man living in a small Midwestern town who one day wakes up, murders his family, climbs a rural water tower with a high-powered hunting rifle and begins shooting innocent people. Threading the terribly tragic with the maddeningly mundane, Charming Billy attempts to imagine what could possibly lead a man to commit the unimaginable.
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Alcatraz Island (1937)
A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.
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Penitentiary (1979)
A hitchhiker named Martel Gordone gets in a fight with two bikers over a prostitute, and one of the bikers is killed. Gordone is arrested and sent to prison, where he joins the prison's boxing team in an effort to secure an early parole and to establish his dominance over the prison's toughest gang.
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Stranger Inside (2001)
An aging former child star tries to capture the wealth that has always eluded him by latching on to a lucky man while both have their eye on the same girl of their dreams.
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Noem My Skollie (2015)
A young man becomes a gifted storyteller while serving time in jail.
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Shot Caller (2017)
A newly released prisoner is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.
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Edge of the City (1957)
The growing friendship of two NYC longshoremen is threatened by a notably repellent punk.
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San Quentin (1937)
An army trainer becomes captain of the prison yard and in time, falls for the sister of a hardened inmate.
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