Lock Up(1989)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 26

With only six months left of his sentence, inmate Frank Leone is transferred from a minimum security prison to a maximum security prison by a vindictive warden.



CB4(1993)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 41

A "rapumentary", covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group "CB4". We soon learn that these three are not what they seem and don't ...



The Samaritan(2012)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 39

After twenty years in prison, Foley is finished with the grifter's life. When he meets an elusive young woman named Iris, the possibility of a new start looks real. But his past is proving to be a stubborn companion.



Snabba cash II(2012)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 42

JW (Joel Kinnaman, Robocop, The Killing), the promising business student who became an organized coke smuggler in Easy Money, is serving hard time in prison and struggling to get back on an...



The Hand That Rocks the Cradle(1992)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 25

After her humiliated husband kills himself, an embittered pregnant widow loses her child, and embarks on a mission of vengeance against a woman and her family.



American Me(1992)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 41

A Mexican-American Mafia kingpin is released from prison, falls in love for the first time, and grows introspective about his gangster lifestyle.



Papillon(1973)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.



Escape from Alcatraz(1979)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possible successful attempt at escaping from one of the most infamous prisons in the world.



Hot Shots! Part Deux(1993)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 19

"Rambo" parody in which Topper Harley leads a rescue team into Iraq to save Iraqi war prisoners and all of their previous rescue teams.



A Perfect World(1993)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.



Who Is Cletis Tout?(2001)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 45

Cletis Tout is a comedy about mistaken identities, a hit man who sees everything in terms of the movies and a twenty year old diamond heist.



Son of a Gun(2014)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 25

JR busts out of prison with Brendan Lynch, Australia's most notorious criminal, and joins Lynch's gang for a gold heist that soon pits the two men against one another.



Spring Forward(1999)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 55

As the seasons change in a Connecticut town, two men of different age and backgrounds who work together outdoors for the local park system, share thoughts and feelings that gradually deepen...



Bandit(2022)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 46

After escaping a Michigan prison, a charming career criminal assumes a new identity in Canada and goes on to rob a record 59 banks and jewellery stores while being hunted by a police task force. Based on the story of The Flying Bandit.



Forever Strong(2008)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 33

A rugby player is put up in a juvenile detention center. There he plays for the Highland Rugby team and ultimately plays against his father in the National Championships.



Cymbeline(2014)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 46

A gritty story of a take-no-prisoners war between dirty cops and an outlaw biker gang. A drug kingpin is driven to desperate measures.



Small Crimes(2017)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 42

A disgraced former cop, fresh off a six-year prison sentence for attempted murder - returns home looking for redemption but winds up trapped in the mess he left behind.



Midnight Express(1978)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.



Down by Law(1986)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Two innocent people are arrested. An interesting third person, with broken English, joins them in their cell. On his idea, they decide to escape from the prison. Their journey is the rest of the movie.



Woman Thou Art Loosed(2004)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 55

An adaptation of Bishop T.D. Jakes' self-help novel, chronciling a woman's struggle to come to terms with her legacy of abuse, addiction and poverty.




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