Movie about man just out of jail

The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption

1994 8.7

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

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Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at The Shawshank Redemption
Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at The Shawshank Redemption

2004 7.2

Documentary about the movie.

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Escape from Alcatraz
Escape from Alcatraz

1979 7.5

San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.

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Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

Fact-based story of the lives and attempted 1946 escape of several inmates in the famous correctional facility. Young inmate Clarence Carnes masterminds a grand escape involving several inmates who have nothing to lose, serving life sentences.

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Anthem of a Teenage Prophet
Anthem of a Teenage Prophet

2019 6.4

A small town-teen predicts his friend’s death with startling accuracy and is labelled the “Prophet of Death.” One thing he didn’t see coming? Falling in love - with his best friend’s girl.

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Death of a Prophet
Death of a Prophet

1981 4.1

After breaking ties with the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became a man marked for death...and it was just a matter of time before his enemies closed in. Despite death threats and intimidation, Malcolm marched on - continuing to spread the word of equality and brotherhood right up until the moment of his brutal and untimely assassination. Highlighted by newsreel footage and interviews, this is the story of the last twenty-four hours of Malcolm X. Featuring the music of jazz percussionist Max Roach.

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Brubaker
Brubaker

1980 7.1

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

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John A. Brubaker
John A. Brubaker

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Cool Hand Luke
Cool Hand Luke

1967 7.7

When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.

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A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'
A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'

2008

A documentary on the making of 'Cool Hand Luke' (1967).

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