Murder in the First(1995)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 21

An eager and idealistic young attorney defends an Alcatraz prisoner accused of murdering a fellow inmate. The extenuating circumstances: his client had just spent over three years in solitary confinement.



Sade(2000)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 50

A man prepares himself to be transferred to a detention center and rest home where he will relive one more time the highlights of his youth.



Lucky Break(2001)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 48

Under the leadership of a small-time bank robber, British inmates hatch a plan to escape by staging a musical.



On the Job(2013)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 47

Filipino crime thriller inspired by a real-life scandal in which prison inmates are temporarily released from prison to work as contract killers on behalf of politicians and high ranking military officials.



Goin' South(1978)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 37

Due to the lack of men after the Civil War, a small western town allows a bachelorette with ulterior motives to save a horse-thief from the gallows by marrying him. They must deal with his old gang, the sheriff, the bank - and each other.



The Unbelievable Truth(1989)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 41

A man returns to his home town after serving a prison sentence for homicide, and finds that the details of the crime have been forgotten and replaced with local legends and rumors.



Paradise Road(1997)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 39

Fact-based recounting of a group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II and used music as a relief to their misery.



En ganske snill mann(2010)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 34

Ulrik is reluctantly let out of prison after serving 12 years for murder. He has to cope with his gang, his ex, a few women - and a snitch. His son has a fiancé. Her family doesn't approve ...



Guest of Honour(2019)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 56

Veronica wants to remain in jail for a sexual assault she knows she's been wrongfully indicted for. She and her father, Jim, find themselves acting out of the bounds of good behavior as the past haunts them.



Just Cause(1995)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 19

A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after 25 years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.



Wrongfully Accused(1998)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 20

Ryan Harrison is framed for murder and must prove himself innocent by finding a mysterious one-eyed, one-armed, one-legged man after escaping from a bus accident on the way to jail.



The Misfits(2021)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 30

After being recruited by a group of unconventional thieves, renowned criminal Richard Pace finds himself caught up in an elaborate gold heist that promises to have far-reaching implications on his life and the lives of countless others.



Chrystal(2004)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 46

Twenty years after the accident that claimed his son's life and permanently injured his wife, a man returns to his home in search of redemption.



On the Outs(2004)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 52

Follows the choices made by three young women - one a drug dealer, one an addict, one a pregnant teen - in Jersey City.



Les chevaux de Dieu(2012)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 47

A fictional account of the lives of the men responsible for the suicide bombings in Casablanca in 2003.



Point Blank(1967)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 22

After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.



Coldwater(2013)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 37

A teenage boy is sent to a juvenile reform facility in the wilderness. As we learn about the tragic events that sent him there, his struggle becomes one for survival with the inmates, counselors, and the retired war colonel in charge.



Imperial Dreams(2014)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 42

A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.



Ivanovo detstvo(1962)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 15

In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers.



New Waterford Girl(1999)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 45

A gifted teenager, dreaming of life beyond her small town, becomes inspired when a 15-year-old girl from New York moves in next door.




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