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Clemency

"Clemency" is a 2019 American drama film directed by Chinonye Chukwu that explores the profound psychological toll of ca...

Drama 2010S Death Row Warden

7.6 Good

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The Criminal Code

The Criminal Code is a pre-Code American drama film released in 1931, directed by Howard Hawks and distributed by Columb...

Classic Drama Crime 1930S

7.5 Good

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Each Dawn I Die

"Each Dawn I Die" is a 1939 Warner Bros. gangster and prison drama directed by William Keighley. The film pairs James Ca...

Classic 1930S Gang Wrongful

7.4 Good

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The Last Mile

The Last Mile is a 1932 American pre-Code prison drama film directed by Samuel Bischoff, based on the 1929 Broadway play...

Classic Drama Crime 1930S

7.1 Good

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20,000 Years in Sing Sing

20,000 Years in Sing Sing is a 1932 American pre-Code prison drama directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Spencer Tracy...

Classic Drama 1930S Sing Sing

6.9 Fair

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Castle on the Hudson

Castle on the Hudson is a 1940 American prison drama directed by Anatole Litvak and starring John Garfield. It is a rema...

Classic Drama 1940S Sing Sing

6.6 Fair

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Invisible Stripes

Invisible Stripes is a 1939 American crime film directed by Lloyd Bacon and released by Warner Bros. George Raft plays a...

Classic Crime 1930S Parole

6.6 Fair

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Hell's Highway

Hell's Highway is a 1932 American pre-Code drama directed by Rowland Brown and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film...

Classic Drama 1930S Chain Gang

6.4 Fair

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Crime School

Crime School is a 1938 Warner Bros. crime drama directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Humphrey Bogart. Bogart plays a re...

Drama Youth Reform 1930S

6.4 Fair

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Women's Prison

Women's Prison is a 1955 American prison-noir film directed by Lewis Seiler and released by Columbia Pictures. Ida Lupin...

Classic Drama 1950S Women In Prison

6.3 Fair

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Prison Without Bars

Prison Without Bars is a 1938 British drama directed by Brian Desmond Hurst. Set in a French girls' reformatory, it exam...

Drama British 1930S Women In Prison

6.2 Fair

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Devil's Island (1939)

Devil's Island is a 1939 American prison film directed by William Clemens. The story is connected with the French penal...

Classic Escape 1930S Penal Colony

6.1 Fair

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San Quentin

San Quentin is a 1937 Warner Bros. crime film starring Pat O'Brien and Humphrey Bogart, set inside California's San Quen...

Classic Drama Crime 1930S

6.1 Fair

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Ladies of the Big House

Ladies of the Big House is a 1931 Paramount drama directed by Marion Gering, starring Sylvia Sidney as a woman unjustly...

Classic Drama 1930S Pre Code

6.1 Fair

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Blackwell's Island

Blackwell's Island is a 1939 American crime drama directed by William C. McGann and released by Warner Bros. John Garfie...

Classic Drama Crime 1930S

6.1 Fair

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Cell 2455, Death Row

Cell 2455, Death Row is a 1955 Columbia Pictures film based on the autobiography of Caryl Chessman, a convicted criminal...

Drama True Story Noir 1950S

6.0 Fair

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Devil's Island

Devil's Island is a 1939 Warner Bros. drama film starring Boris Karloff. The story concerns a French surgeon who is unju...

Classic Drama Escape 1930S

6.0 Fair

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Hell's House

Hell's House is a 1932 American pre-Code drama directed by Howard Higgin. The film follows a young boy who is sent to a...

Classic Drama 1930S Juvenile

5.7 Mediocre

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Condemned Women

Condemned Women is a 1938 American prison drama released by RKO Radio Pictures and directed by Lew Landers. Sally Eilers...

Classic Drama 1930S Women In Prison

5.4 Mediocre

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Behind Stone Walls

Behind Stone Walls is a 1932 independent American drama directed by Frank Strayer, depicting the harsh conditions inside...

Classic Drama Crime 1930S

5.0 Mediocre