prison cell

Amerikatsi | Armenia
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IMDB
8.2 (118 votes)
In 1948, decades after fleeing Armenia to the US as a child, Charlie returns in the hopes of finding a connection to his roots, but what he finds instead is a country crushed under Soviet rule. After being unjustly imprisoned, Charlie falls into despair, until he discovers that he can see into a nearby apartment from his cell window - the home of a prison guard.

Genre
IMDB
7.7 (79576 votes)
Budget
34,000,000.00$
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.

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IMDB
7.5 (85561 votes)
Budget
11,000,000.00$
A justice drama based on a true story about a man on death row who in his last days forms a strong relationship with a nun who teaches him forgiveness and gives him spirituality as she accompanies him to his execution.

The Shawshank Redemption | United States of America
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IMDB
9.3 (2216417 votes)
Budget
25,000,000.00$
Framed 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.

Assault on Precinct 13 | France| United States of America| Canada
Genre
IMDB
6.3 (79921 votes)
Budget
30,000,000.00$
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick (Hawke) must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop (Fishburne). Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Ethan Hawke, Maria Bello, , John Leguizamo, Gabriel Byrne, Fulvio Cecere, Matt Craven, Brian Dennehy, Colin Glazer, Ja Rule English language with latvian and russian subtitles.