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Straight Time (1978)

  • Crime
  • Drama
  • 114 min
  • 12 age guide
  • ★ 7.1/10 from 221 ratings

After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.

Directed byUlu Grosbard

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  1. 01

    Quick Change

    Strong story similarity

    1990 · 89 min · Comedy · Crime

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    With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out of the city and to the airport. It sounds simple enough, but it seems that fate deserts them immediately after the bank heist. One mishap after another conspires to keep these robbers from reaching freedom.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared heist movie style
    • shared theme: bank robbery
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  2. 02

    Johnny Handsome

    Strong story similarity

    1989 · 94 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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    A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: prison and robbery
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  3. 03

    Cool Breeze

    Strong story similarity

    1972 · 101 min · Action · Crime

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    A paroled crook masterminds a $3 million jewelry theft to fund a bank for businessmen.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared heist movie style
    • shared theme: robbery
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  4. 05

    Framed

    Strong story similarity

    1975 · 106 min · Action · Crime · Thriller

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    Joe Don Baker plays a gambler who is framed for a crime he did not commit. A corrupt legal system leads him into a plea bargain and four years behind bars. By the time he gets out of prison, he's determined to put together the pieces of his frame-up and dole out the justice he was denied to those responsible.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
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  5. 06

    Crime Wave

    Strong story similarity

    1953 · 73 min · Crime · Thriller

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    Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then attempt to force him into doing a bank job.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared production studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
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  6. 07

    Bank Robber

    Strong story similarity

    1993 · 91 min · Comedy · Crime · Thriller

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    After robbing a bank, the robber hides out from the police in a seedy hotel where he is forced to bribe various tennants for protection as well as their silence which becomes more difficult as greed takes over and the people demand more exuberant bribes from the bank robber to shelter and hide him.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared heist movie style
    • shared theme: bank robbery
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  7. 08

    King of New York

    Strong story similarity

    1990 · 103 min · Crime · Thriller

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    A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
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  8. 10

    Gone in 60 Seconds

    Genre overlap

    1974 · 105 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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    Insurance investigator Maindrian Pace and his team lead double-lives as unstoppable car thieves. When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one, a 1973 Ford Mustang, are in the bag. As Pace prepares to rip-off the fastback, codenamed "Eleanor", in Long Beach, he is unaware that his boss has tipped off the police after a business dispute.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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