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Chicken Run

Chicken Run

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Film Age rating: 2 Year: 2000 IMDB Rating: 7.1

The creators of Wallace & Gromit bring you an exciting and original story about a group of chickens determined to fly the coop–even if they can’t fly! It’s hardly poultry in motion when Rocky attempts...

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Bronson

Bronson

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Film Age rating: 17 Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 7

A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Ch...

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The Colditz Story

The Colditz Story

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Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1955 IMDB Rating: 6.9

Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an "escape-proof" German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval castle.

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Escape from Pretoria

Escape from Pretoria

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2020 IMDB Rating: 6.8

South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pr...

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The Criminal

The Criminal

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1960 IMDB Rating: 6.8

When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violent consequences.

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Two Way Stretch

Two Way Stretch

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Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1960 IMDB Rating: 6.8

Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning to jail afterwards. First h...

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Greenfingers

Greenfingers

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 2000 IMDB Rating: 6.8

Clive Owen stars as a prison inmate who goes into an experimental "open" prison where the inmates walk around freely and get job training for their impending releases. While there, he discovers he has...

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The Escapist

The Escapist

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 6.7

Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined to make peace with her before it's too late. He de...

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Dance with a Stranger

Dance with a Stranger

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 1985 IMDB Rating: 6.6

Ruth Ellis lives with her ten-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair. However, for David with his upper-class background, it is impossi...

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Avengement

Avengement

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Film Age rating: 17 Year: 2019 IMDB Rating: 6.6

While on a prison furlough, a lowly criminal evades his guards and returns to his old stomping ground to take revenge on the people who turned him into a cold blooded killer.

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