Going Straight
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    Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)

    A drug dealer (Curtis ``50 Cent'' Jackson) wants to leave his violent life behind and pursue his...

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    Knockaround Guys (2002)

    The son of a mob underboss (Dennis Hopper) tries to win his father's respect by collecting a...

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    Layer Cake (2005)

    A mid-level drug dealer (Daniel Craig) must perform two final tasks for his boss (Kenneth Cranham)...

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    Waist Deep (2006)

    An ex-convict (Tyrese Gibson) collides with members of a street gang after his car is stolen with...

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    You Kill Me (2007)

    An alcoholic assassin (Ben Kingsley) heads west to dry out and lands a job in a mortuary, where he...

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    Alphabet City (1984)

    A mob drug runner (Vincent Spano) is ordered one night to torch the New York building where his...

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    Hell Drivers (1957)

    A British ex-convict (Stanley Baker) gets a job hauling gravel for a corrupt trucking company.

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    Talk to Me (2007)

    Fueled by the music and social upheaval of the times, ex-convict Ralph ``Petey'' Greene (Don...

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    3 Strikes (2000)

    Already jailed twice, a man (Brian Hooks) becomes an unwitting accomplice in a third crime that...

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    American Heart (1993)

    An ex-convict (Jeff Bridges) and his teenage son (Edward Furlong) reunite and try to make it on the...

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    Boiler Room (2000)

    Eager to win the approval of his demanding father, a young man (Giovanni Ribisi) begins working for...

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    Belle of the Yukon

    Left by a con man (Randolph Scott), a dancer (Gypsy Rose Lee) finds him in gold-rush Alaska running...

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    Carlito's Way (1993)

    A reformed ex-convict (Al Pacino) is torn between his girlfriend (Penelope Ann Miller) and his...

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    Movies

    The Woodsman (2004)

    A convicted sex offender (Kevin Bacon) struggles to overcome his attraction to children and live a...

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    City of Hope (1991)

    A third-generation Italian-American struggles to break free from his father's grasp. Meanwhile, the...

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    Gridlock'd (1997)

    Two heroin addicts (Tim Roth, Tupac Shakur) seek rehabilitation, but police, gangsters and...

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    Klute (1971)

    A detective (Donald Sutherland) ties a friend's disappearance to a Manhattan call girl (Jane Fonda)...

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    Midnight Cowboy (1969)

    Texas hustler Joe Buck (Jon Voight) works 42nd Street with ailing con man Ratso Rizzo (Dustin...

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    Citizen Ruth (1996)

    Opposing militant factions in the abortion battle exploit a pregnant woman (Laura Dern) who is...

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    Movies

    Kiss of Death (1995)

    An ex-convict (David Caruso) helps an officer (Samuel L. Jackson) try to capture a crime boss...

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    Movies

    Les Miserables (1998)

    A French ex-boxer's (Jean-Paul Belmondo) troubles during World War II parallel those of Victor...

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    Amazing Grace (1974)

    A feisty old woman (Moms Mabley) forces moral support on a big-city candidate (Moses Gunn) for...

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    Movies

    Get Shorty (1995)

    A film-loving loan shark (John Travolta) teams with a B-movie producer (Gene Hackman) to become a...

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    Movies

    Rumble Fish (1983)

    An Oklahoma street fighter (Matt Dillon) looks up to his brother, the Motorcycle Boy (Mickey...

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    Movies

    21 Grams (2003)

    The lives of a terminally ill professor (Sean Penn) and an ex-convict (Benicio Del Toro) intersect...

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    Movies

    American History X (1998)

    A brutal skinhead (Edward Norton) emerges from prison reformed and tries to show his neo-Nazi...

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    Movies

    I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)

    An innocent man is sent to a prison farm, where he endures the dehumanizing effects of a cruel...

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    The Gaucho

    Douglas Fairbanks' The Gaucho is a curiosity: a traditional Fairbanks actioner with decidedly...

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    Bandolero! (1968)

    Two outlaw brothers (James Stewart, Dean Martin) head for Mexico with one's gang and a Mexican...

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    Coastlines (2006)

    Released from prison, a man (Timothy Olyphant) stays with an old friend (Josh Brolin) and has an...