Brute Force

Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 16 Jul 1947 · English

Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?

Sing Sing

Movie · 7.4 / 10 · 12 Jul 2024 · English

Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art.

Short Term 12

Movie · 7.8 / 10 · 23 Aug 2013 · English

Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.

The Hurricane

Movie · 7.4 / 10 · 17 Sept 1999 · English

The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

Home

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 29 Jul 2021 · English

An ex-felon returns home from prison and must confront the demons of his past.

Room

Movie · 8.0 / 10 · 16 Oct 2015 · English

Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.

Kiss of Death

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 27 Aug 1947 · English

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

Adopt a Highway

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 1 Nov 2019 · English

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t recognize – including trying to learn how to use the internet – he finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the fast food restaurant where he works as a dishwasher. Unsure of what to do, and caught between impulses of kindness and panic, Russ soon realizes this could be his chance at redemption.

The Night of the Hunter

Movie · 7.9 / 10 · 26 Jul 1955 · English

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 7 Apr 2003 · English

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.

Newsies

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 10 Apr 1992 · English

A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze a little more profit out of their labours, they organize a strike, only to be confronted with the Pulitzer's hard-ball tactics.

Let Him Have It

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 4 Oct 1991 · English

In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek's friendship leads to their involvement in the true case which would forever shake England's belief in capital punishment.