Most Similar Movies to Penitentiary (1979)
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994), An Innocent Man (1989), The Crook (1970), Undisputed (2002), Guncrazy (1992), Chained Heat (1983), The Valachi Papers (1972) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.
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An Innocent Man (1989)
A man is framed by two corrupt cops for drugs. After he gets out of prison, he comes after them.
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Undisputed (2002)
When heavyweight champion George "Iceman" Chambers lands in prison, the resident gangster arranges a boxing match with the reigning prison champ.
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Guncrazy (1992)
A trashy teen murders her sexually abusive step-father, then helps get her reformed prison pen-pal released on good behavior so that she can re-corrupt him.
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Chained Heat (1983)
Young Carol Henderson ends up in prison where she must learn how to survive in an environment plagued by violence, murder, rape, racism, drugs and staff corruption and brutality.
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The Valachi Papers (1972)
Gangster Joe Valachi is a marked man in the same joint where mob boss Don Vito Genovese is imprisoned and he's forced to co-operate with the DA in exchange for protection.
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Big Bad Mama (1974)
A tough single mother and her two daughters are forced by circumstances into a life of crime, and quickly become outlaws on the run, picking up partners along the way, and traveling to different states, pursued by the law.
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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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Get the Gringo (2012)
A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a young boy.
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The Prey (2011)
The story of a group of young hockey players, living in a small village in Quebec, preparing to compete in the season of their lives. They will try to participate in the most prestigious minor hockey tournament in the world: World Hockey Tournament Peewee Quebec.
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Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996)
A prison guard at Leavenworth with lofty ideals and hopes of reform struggles to understand a violent, hateful and conscienceless convict. The result is a written testimonial to a crime that no one could have predicted.
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The Pursuit of Happiness (1971)
A young college student is sent to prison as much for killing a pedestrian with his car as for not paying his parking tickets. When the opportunity presents itself he escapes and is subsequently on the run with his girlfriend. But how long can this situation last?
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Eddie Macon's Run (1983)
A young man, harshly sentenced for a few minor infractions, escapes from a prison in Huntsville Texas and flees to Laredo, Texas, where he hopes to cross into Mexico for a reunion with his wife and small son.
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Screwed (2011)
The film is a semi-biographical story based on the experiences of former prison guard Ronnie Thompson who spent seven years working in some of the UK's most dangerous prisons. Based on Thompson's book of the same name, the project stars James D'Arcy (Master & Commander), Noel Clarke (Kidulthood), Frank Harper (The Football Factory), Jamie Foreman (Layer Cake), Andrew ...Read all
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Doing Hard Time (2004)
A man (Boris Kodjoe) gets arrested, intentionally, to punish the jailed killers responsible for the death of his 7-year-old son.
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Agneepath (1990)
A young boy's quest for revenge leads him to become a gangster as an adult, and with each day he becomes more and more like his enemies. Can he find vengeance and redemption?
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Runaway Train (1985)
Two escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a train with no brakes and nobody driving.
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