Murder in the First

7.1

1995

122 mins

CrimeDrama

A young, inexperienced public defender is assigned to defend an inmate accused of committing murder while behind bars.

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Liberal district attorney decides to seek the death penalty for a man who slaughtered a family at Christmastime, then drank their blood. He escapes, though, and starts killing again.

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Felon

Year : 2008Rating : ⭐ 7.1

A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.

The Life of David Gale

Year : 2003Rating : ⭐ 7.4

A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.

Escape from Alcatraz

Year : 1979Rating : ⭐ 7.5

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Birdman of Alcatraz

Year : 1962Rating : ⭐ 7.4

After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.

The Mauritanian

Year : 2021Rating : ⭐ 7.4

The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a decade and sought help from a defense attorney for his release.

Convict

Year : 2014Rating : ⭐ 6.5

Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his fiance. He soon realizes that the prison boss has it in for him and does everything possible to break Ray even going after his fiance.

Lock Up

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Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day.

Sleepers

Year : 1996Rating : ⭐ 7.6

Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.

Marshall

Year : 2017Rating : ⭐ 7.3

Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.

Brubaker

Year : 1980Rating : ⭐ 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.

All Day and a Night

Year : 2020Rating : ⭐ 6.3

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.

Winged Creatures

Year : 2009Rating : ⭐ 5.9

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an experimental medical procedure on his wife, while a gambler believes he's on a lucky streak. A waitress begins engaging in promiscuous sex, and a young girl whose father is among the dead gains unexpected fame.

Nowhere to Run

Year : 1993Rating : ⭐ 6.6

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Monster

Year : 2021Rating : ⭐ 6.4

The story of Steve Harmon, a 17-year-old honor student whose world comes crashing down around him when he is charged with felony murder.

Sleeping Dogs

Year : 2024Rating : ⭐ 7.0

Roy Freeman, an ex-homicide detective with a fractured memory, is forced to revisit a case he can't remember. As a man's life hangs in the balance on death row, Freeman must piece together the brutal evidence from a decade-old murder investigation, uncovering a sinister web of buried secrets and betrayals linking to his past. With only instincts to trust, he faces a chilling truth - sometimes, it's best to let sleeping dogs lie.

Faster

Year : 2010Rating : ⭐ 6.4

After 10 years in prison, Driver is now a free man with a single focus - hunting down the people responsible for brutally murdering his brother.

The United States of Leland

Year : 2003Rating : ⭐ 6.5

A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl Madison, a teacher at the prison, decides to write about Leland's case. Meanwhile, others affected by the murder, including Becky and her sister, Julie, must contend with their own problems.

Shepherds and Butchers

Year : 2017Rating : ⭐ 6.3

A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.