20 movies like Adopt a Highway, ordered by similarity : South Central(1992), Apprentice(2016), The Raid 2(2014), Middle of Nowhere(2012), The Informer(2019), The Philly Kid(2012), Woman Thou Art Loosed(2004), Paul, Apostle of Christ(2018), A Prophet(2009), I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang(1932), The Old Man & the Gun(2018), Woodpeckers(2017) ...
6.3/10
Drama
USA
2019
81 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Chris Sullivan Chris Heyerdahl Elaine Hendrix Betty Gabriel Anne-Marie Johnson Mo McRae Milauna Jackson Diane Gaeta Dohn Norwood Diane Marshall-Green
prisoner middle-aged man baby gritty dumpster california prison release changing times discovery transformation 2010s
An ex-felon discovers a live baby left in a dumpster.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1992
99 Minutes
Glenn Plummer Byron Keith Minns Lexie D. Bigham Vincent Craig Dupree LaRita Shelby Kevin Best Allan Hatcher Christian Coleman Ivory Ocean Starletta DuPois Carl Lumbly
gang member girlfriend son best friend convict father gripping brutal moving south central los angeles prison street gangs drug addiction mentorship father/son relationship self-discovery prison transformation
A former gangster fresh out of prison wants to change his life for the better and must save his 10 year old son who has already chosen a gang life.
6.5/10
Drama
Singapore|Germany|France|Hong Kong|Qatar
2016
96 Minutes
Firdaus Rahman Wan Hanafisu Mastura Ahmad Boon Pin Koh Nickson Cheng Crispian Chan Gerald Chew
prison guard prisoner executioner apprentice sister father brooding emotional intense prison apartment execution chamber market car street prison execution guilt anger acceptance
Inevitably, a transfer to a maximum security prison will eventually challenge the integrity and ethics of a young correctional officer on his way to become a chief executioner.
8.0/10
Crime, Sports & Fitness, Drama, Action
Indonesia|USA
2014
148 Minutes
Iko Uwais Yayan Ruhian Arifin Putra Oka Antara Tio Pakusadewo Alex Abbad Julie Estelle Cok Simbara Cecep Arif Rahman Very Tri Yulisman Ryuhei Matsuda
son gangster family member undercover cop inmate kingpin brash brooding chilling prison office police station jakarta, indonesia building drug house undercover operations crime family fighting prison
Only a short time after the first raid, Rama goes undercover with the thugs of Jakarta and plans to bring down the syndicate and uncover the corruption within his police force.
Romance, Drama
2012
101 Minutes
Emayatzy Corinealdi David Oyelowo Omari Hardwick Lorraine Toussaint Edwina Findley Sharon Lawrence Dondré Whitfield Troy Curvey III Maya Gilbert
wife husband couple medical student convict emotional endearing engaging gripping inspiring prison united states america prison prison life self-discovery journey marriage relationships incarceration
A med student (Emayatzy Corinealdi) considers leaving her long-imprisoned husband (Omari Hardwick) for a charming bus driver (David Oyelowo).
6.6/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|USA|Canada
2019
113 Minutes
Joel Kinnaman Rosamund Pike Clive Owen Common Ana de Armas Martin McCann Eugene Lipinski Valeria Vereau
reformed criminal soldier fbi agent mobster prisoner drug dealer brutal bleak tense thrilling gritty unrestrained prison informing prison drug trade mob pursuit escape fall
An ex-convict working undercover intentionally gets himself incarcerated again in order to infiltrate the mob at a maximum security prison.
5.7/10
Action, Crime, Drama
USA
2012
94 Minutes
Wes Chatham Devon Sawa Sarah Butler Neal McDonough Lucky Johnson Chris Browning Adam Mervis Bernard Hocke Ava Bogle Eric Scott Woods Michael Jai White
best friend young man robber police officer prisoner murderer bleak brutal disturbing engaging gripping suspenseful louisiana prison baton rouge, la. cage friendship relationships prison fighting
A former NCAA champion wrestler, paroled after ten years in prison, agrees to a series of cage fights to save a friend's life and is asked to do the impossible - lose.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
2004
99 Minutes
Kimberly Elise Loretta Devine Debbi Morgan Michael Boatman Clifton Powell Idalis DeLeon Sean Blakemore Ricky Harris T.D. Jakes
young woman mother boyfriend preacher hairdresser friend gritty brutal powerful prison church los angeles rape drug addiction murder prison redemption religious conversion growing up discovery
An adaptation of Bishop T.D. Jakes' self-help novel, chronciling a woman's struggle to come to terms with her legacy of abuse, addiction and poverty.
6.6/10
Drama
USA
2018
108 Minutes
Jim Caviezel James Faulkner Olivier Martinez Joanne Whalley-Kilmer John Lynch Yorgos Karamihos Antonia Campbell Hughes Alessandro Sperduti Manuel Cauchi Noah Huntley Kenneth Spiteri
apostle captive prisoner writer roman roman soldier dark brutal inspiring emotional gritty tense rome prison cell city market religious beliefs storytelling prison
Luke travels Roma looking for apostle Paul, turned in Nero's prisoner, to tell his story before his execution.
7.9/10
Crime, Drama
France|Italy
2009
154 Minutes
Tahar Rahim Niels Arestrup Adel Bencherif Hichem Yacoubi Reda Kateb Antoine Basler Gilles Cohen Pascal Henault Foued Nassah Jean-Emmanuel Pagni
convict mobster prisoner engaging gripping tense france prison crime ambition murder organized crime prison racism growing up discovery rivalry rise 2000s
A young Algerian man is sent to a French prison.
8.2/10
Drama
USA
1932
93 Minutes
Paul Muni Glenda Farrell Helen Vinson Preston Foster Edward Ellis Allen Jenkins Noel Francis Berton Churchill
veteran prisoner guard landlady lawyer bleak brutal intense georgia diner prison chicago construction site prison injustice torture escape aspirations jealousy escape
Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him.
6.7/10
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
prisoner prison guard bank robber wife detective escape artist amusing gutsy bleak suspenseful tense california san quentin penitentiary prison bank car escape bank heist life story prison
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Crime, Comedy, Drama
2018
108 Minutes
Adèle Haenel Pio Marmaï Audrey Tautou Damien Bonnard Vincent Elbaz Hocine Choutri Octave Bossuet Jean-Louis Barcelona Alexandre Marouani Olivier Charasson Bruno Gerbi-Doublier
widow son lieutenant corrupt cop gripping gritty engaging emotional france interrogation room police station police corruption justice released from prison discovery forbidden love transformation 2010s
While a French Riviera police officer discovers her late husband led a criminal double life, the man who was imprisoned for her husband's crimes is released from jail and must adapt to the outside world.
7.4/10
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
103 Minutes
Felicity Huffman Kevin Zegers Fionnula Flanagan Graham Greene Burt Young Elizabeth Peña Bianca Leigh Jon Budinoff Carrie Preston Maurice Orozco
transsexual son rancher mother therapist emotional uplifting positive los angeles new york city prison phoenix car road trip father/son relationship car theft sexual abuse sex change sexual identity transformation
A preoperative transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
7.3/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2017
120 Minutes
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Lake Bell Jon Bernthal Emory Cohen Jeffrey Donovan Benjamin Bratt Jessy Schram Evan Jones
stockbroker gang leader gang member husband inmate white supremacist brooding brutal dark gripping tense thrilling california chino state prison prison street city criminal underworld gang war gangs
A newly released prisoner is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.
6.4/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2009
98 Minutes
Shirley Henderson Ciarán Hinds Allison Janney Michael Lerner Chris Marquette Rich Pecci Charlotte Rampling Paul Reubens Ally Sheedy Dylan Riley Snyder Renee Taylor
sister mother boyfriend husband waitress son dark melodramatic amusing house prison bedroom suburbia family dysfunction failed romance pedophilia haunting unhappy marriage sisterhood discovery
Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1942
92 Minutes
Kay Francis Walter Huston Gloria Warren Patty Hale Frank Thomas Jr. Una O'Connor Sidney Blackmer Armida Frank Puglia Russell Arms Anthony Caruso
interior decorator boyfriend ex-husband son daughter moving confident engaging california household prison club boat family false accusations musicians prejudice jealousy discovery growing up
After many years, MacKenzie Scott is pardoned from prison, but his wife is already involved with another man. Nevertheless, he travels incognito to his family's town. There he befriends his... See full summary »
Drama
1968
132 Minutes
Alan Bates Dirk Bogarde Georgia Brown Hugh Griffith Elizabeth Hartman Ian Holm David Opatoshu David Warner
prisoner lawyer pretty woman bleak disheartening somber prison russia shop disillusionment prison imperialism anti-semitism meaning of life class distinctions fall discovery underdog 1910s
A government lawyer (Dirk Bogarde) tries to help a poor Jewish handyman (Alan Bates) railroaded for murder in czarist Russia.
6.8/10
Drama
UK
1967
101 Minutes
Carol White John Bindon Queenie Watts Kate Williams Laurie Asprey James Beckett Ray Barron Hilda Barry Ken Campbell Ron Clarke Ellis Dale
young woman single mother abusive husband son aunt associate cheeky crafty emotional endearing gritty london prison home bar law office single mothers theft life lessons divorce
A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices, she has a child with an abusive thief at a young age who quickly ends up in prison. One day, her son goes missing and she briefly comes to grips with what is most important to her.
5.3/10
Drama
USA
2001
97 Minutes
Yolonda Ross Davenia McFadden LaTonya "T" Hagan Mary Mara Rain Phoenix Marc Vann Medusa Ella Joyce Conchata Ferrell Emily Kuroda Patrice Fisher
mother daughter prisoner african-american woman gang leader gritty tense raw dark prison bus library yard mother/daughter relationship prison life drug trade reunion jealousy discovery rivalry
An aging former child star tries to capture the wealth that has always eluded him by latching on to a lucky man while both have their eye on the same girl of their dreams.
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