The Green Mile (1999), Django Unchained (2012), Requiem for a Dream (2000), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), There Will Be Blood (2007), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Sullivan's Travels (1941), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Chain Gang movies.
Storyline: Another in a unrelated series of Warner's penitentiary tours in three different decades. This one is California's notorious Folsom Prison prior to its 1944 reformation make-over. Ben Rickey, the prison's sadistic old-school warden who believes that the prison system if for punishment rather than reformation, rules Folsom with an iron-hand. He highly resents his university-trained assistant, Mark Benson, who does not share Rickey's beliefs. Rickey, hoping the results will be disastrous, gives Benson permission to try his modern method. He tolerates Benson's innovations until convict "Red" Pardue is killed by another prisoner. Benson blames Rickey, who had refused Pardue protection after he had reported an escape attempt. Benson resigns and Rickey brings back his concentration-camp program. Chuck Daniels, a hardened convict, then stage his long-planned prison break. A bloody riot ensues in which Rickey is murdered and the escapees are accidentally killed by a dynamite blast while taking revenge on a treacherous convict.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: revolver, convict, reformation, protection, prisoner, penitentiary, escape attempt ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Self-exiled somewhere in the dusty landscapes on the outskirts of Los Angeles, John Link--a rugged former convict, and now, a tattoo artist struggling to stay sober--sees his quasi-orderly life turn upside down, when he receives a desperate phone call from his estranged daughter, Lydia. On the run from a ruthless Mexican drug cartel, John and Lydia must navigate through a dangerous world of frail allegiances and merciless cut-throats, as they seek shelter in an inhospitable city. Can the grizzled father save his teenage daughter from this nightmare?
Plot Keywords: ex convict, father daughter relationship, on the run, anti hero, protector, f word, betrayal ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Two men are released from the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma in 1898. One, the Dutchman, is out to get both gold and revenge from the people of a small mining town who had him imprisoned unjustly. The other, McBain, is just trying to go straight, but that is easier said than done once the Dutchman involves him in his gold theft scheme.—Alfred Jingle
Plot Keywords: arizona desert, chain gang, interracial friendship, interracial romance, ex convict, abandoned mine, suicide attempt ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Two escaped convicts arrive in the town of Happy, Texas, where they are mistaken for a gay couple who is to host the town's Little Miss Fresh Squeezed beauty pageant. Enjoying the celebrity and using their skill as con-men, the two adopt their persona to take on the task. Of course, as the two are heterosexual, their interest in the involved ladies intensifies. Ally Walker is a banker, who is distrustful of men and has given up on love. Illeana Douglas plays the dowdy, badly dressed teacher.—John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
Plot Keywords: gay, beauty pageant, escaped convict, texas, small town, pretending to be gay, sheriff ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Idealistic and naive Dr. Jason arrives at a school for delinquent girls and immediately begins to try to make a difference in the lives of some of the inmates. Oblivious to the sadistic treatment of the girls by the matrons, it takes a rebellious girl named Loretta to open his eyes. Assisted by a female staff member, Jason finally gets proof of the abuse and threatens the head of the school with exposure unless he is given free rein to run things.—Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>
Plot Keywords: women in prison, lesbian subtext, teenage girl, unwed mother, fire hose, carousel, women's prison ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Judge William "Billy" Priest lives in a very patriotic (Confederate) southern town. Priest plays a laid-back, widowed judge who helps uphold the law in his toughest court case yet. In the meantime, he plays matchmaker for his young nephew.—<marsattack@earthling.net>
Plot Keywords: judge, courtroom, civil war veteran, small town, kentucky, father daughter relationship, fight ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In the early 20th century, some convicts while on a road gang escape and one of the convicts is Zach Provo, a half Indian, who was sent to prison during the latter part of the 19th century. He escapes with 6 others to exact vengeance on Sam Burgade the lawman who not only captured him but was also responsible for the death of Provo's wife, at least in Provo's mind. Part of his plan is to kidnap Burgade's daughter, which prompts him to strap on his guns and go after him on horseback. Can Burgade who has been retired for sometime still have what it takes to track Provo down?—rcs0411@yahoo.com
Plot Keywords: based on novel, arizona, arizona territory, apache indian, apache territory, arizona desert, tucson arizona ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Low-life Harry falls in love with sweet Betty who inspires him to improve himself so he can marry her. He enters a $25,000 cross-country hiking contest. After many adventures he wins, pays off his father Amos's mortgage and marries Betty.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: mortgage, quarry, poster, newsreel, movie theatre, man child, independence ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Luke, an escaped convict, and Jaroo, a loner gold prospector, team up with a band of Apache Indians in 19th century Mexico to capture a large, heavily armed fortress for the millions -- or billions -- of dollars in gold that are rumored to be stored within.—Brian C. Madsen <bcmmovies@earthlink.net>
Plot Keywords: apache, knife, spaghetti western, cowboys and indians, main character dies, villain played by lead actor, wrestling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Arthur Bishop, the master assassin who faked his death in hopes of putting that part of his ;life behind him, now lives a quiet life in Rio. But someone who knows who he is shows up and tells him, that if he wants to continue living this life, he will do three jobs for someone. Bishop tries to tell them he has the wrong man but they know who he is and if he won't do the job, they will take him but he gets away. He then goes to a resort in Thailand run by a friend, Mae, where he tries to find out who is looking for him. Later a woman named Gina shows up looking for medical assistance and Mae can't help but notice bruises all over her body. Mae deduces she's a battered woman and when Mae hears her being beaten, Mae asks Bishop to help her. He goes and kills the guy she's with. He kills the man and then sets fire to the boat he's on. But he sees that Gina has a photo of him. He deduces that they one who wants him, sent her. He confronts her and she admits that she works at a children's ...
Plot Keywords: assassin, hitman, sequel, murder, arm sling, prosthetic limb, knife in chest ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Smith, a mob informer hiding out with the Witness Protection Program, decides to make a break for it and hide out in the Arizona desert. The Feds catch up with him and rescue him just before a group of hitmen can manage to silence him for good. In the course of getting Smith away from the mafia thugs, the pair of agents assigned to protect him turn onto an abandoned stretch of highway nicknamed 'Route 666' after the mysterious death of a prison chain gang. As the three continue on their way, they soon discover just what happened to the chain gang, and how the highway earned its name.—Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>
Plot Keywords: highway, desert, zombie, 1960s, shot in the chest, pistol, masked man ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Superman does a lot in his newest adventure. Archvillain Lex Luthor, determined to make the world safe for nuclear arms merchants, creates a new being to challenge the Man of Steel: the radiation-charged Nuclear Man. The two super-powered foes clash in an explosive screen extranvaganza that sees Superman save the Statue of Liberty, repulse a volcanic eruption of Mount Etna, rebuild the demolished Great Wall of China and perform many more spetactular feats.
Plot Keywords: dc comics, firefighter, fire truck, school bus, police officer, police car, nuclear threat ...
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