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1) The upside
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"A recently paroled ex-convict, Dell, strikes up an unusual and unlikely friendship with a quadriplegic billionaire, Philip Lacasse, in this funny and warm-hearted buddy comedy. From worlds apart, Dell and Philip form an unlikely bond, bridging their differences and gaining invaluable wisdom in the process, giving each man a renewed sense of passion for all of life's possibilities"--Container.
2) Fast five
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When former cop Brian O'Conner and ex-convict Dom Toretto decide to pull one last heist in Brazil, they find themselves being targeted by a corrupt businessman and a United States strike team.
3) Kin
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An ex-convict and his adopted teenage brother are forced to go on the run with a mysterious weapon from another dimension as their only hope for survival.
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In early 19th century France the paroled prisoner Jean Valjean seeks redemption, regains his social standing, and rises to the rank of mayor. He encounters a beautiful but desperately ill woman named Fantine and cares for her daughter, Cosette, after her death. All the while he is obsessively pursued by the policeman Javert, who vows to make him pay for the crimes of his past.
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A shell-shocked Juliette is released from prison after serving 15 years for murdering her young son. As life has moved on, she must relearn certain basics. After being banished from her family, she is now reunited with her younger sister, Lea. Hopefully, Juliette will learn to forgive herself in the process.
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An ex-con and a police officer decide to get married and start a family. To their dismay, they discover that they can neither have nor adopt children. Desperate, they resort to kidnapping one of the newborn quintuplets of the wealthy Arizona family. However, their attempt at living a normal life is complicated by neurotic co-workers, two fugitives, and a mysterious bounty hunter.
8) Kin
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Life can be difficult for convicts, even after they've been released. One former felon finds that the odds are stacked against him when he is forced to go under cover in order to save his life and his adopted brother's. With time running out, they realize that the weapon shielding them from authorities is more of an enigma than they ever dreamed possible. Then there's the fact that he's being hunted by people who happen to be excellent at finding...
9) $5 a day
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After being released from jail for a crime his dad committed, Ritchie Flynn Parker, the son of a thrifty conman, begrudgingly joins his father on the road, after years of separation. Ritchie Flynn is a reformed conman who doesn't want anything to do with his father. He also feels he is being conned into joining his father on the road, but soon learns the real reason for this, and the lessons he learns will change his life. Conman Nat Parker wants...
10) Raising Arizona
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An ex-con and a police officer decide to get married and start a family. To their dismay, they discover that they can neither have nor adopt children. Desperate, they resort to kidnapping one of the newborn quintuplets of the wealthy Arizona family. However, their attempt at living a normal life is complicated by neurotic co-workers, two fugitives, and a mysterious bounty hunter.
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"Eighteen years after the brothers' original 'mission from God,' Elwood Blues is getting out of prison and discovering that much has changed in the time he's been away. His partner, Jake is gone, his band is no longer together and the orphanage where he grew up has been demolished. Elwood soon realizes that he must embark on a whole new mission to reassemble the old band this time with the help of a soulful bartender, compete at Queen Moussette's...
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Eighteen years after the brothers' original "mission from God," Elwood Blues is getting out of prison and discovering that much has changed in the time he's been away. His partner, Jake is gone, his band is no longer together and the orphanage where he grew up has been demolished. Elwood soon realizes that he must embark on a whole new mission to reassemble the old band this time with the help of a soulful bartender, compete at Queen Moussette's Battle...
13) Inside out
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When his best friend Jack disappears after a contraband smuggling deal goes awry, ex-convict AJ is forced to protect Jack's family from the mobsters intent on recovering their goods.
14) Crossover
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Noah Cruise is a naturally talented basketball player, who is determined to become a doctor using his basketball scholarship to UCLA pre-med, rather than succumb to the lure of former sports agent Vaughn and go for the NBA. His best friend, Tech is also an outstanding basketball player and the buddy that took the fall for him and did the time for an assault charge. Tech has less lofty ambitions: he wants to get his GED and win an underground street...
15) J.W. Coop
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Cliff Robertson directs, writes, and stars in this beautifully told story about an ex-con who returns to the professional rodeo circuit after a nine-year absence.
16) The Real McCoy
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A reformed master cat burgler (Basinger) is blackmailed into doing one last job with an eager but inept partner-in-crime (Kilmer).
17) Three fugitives
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"Funnyman Martin Short plays an inept, klutzy bank robber who, on his first heist, grabs Nick Nolte as a hostage. Nolte plays a notorious ex-con who is trying to go straight, so naturally no one believes he's innocent nor Short guilty, forcing the mismatched pair to become reluctant partners in crime"--Container.
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Percy Talbot, a young woman who has just been released from prison after serving five years for manslaughter, decides to move to the small town of Gilead, Maine for a fresh start. Percy takes a job at the Spitfire Grill, the only restaurant in a town suspicious of outsiders, where she slowly gains the trust of [most of] the townspeople, finding acceptance and redemption.
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Blue streak: Master jewel thief Miles Logan has a big problem. A $20 million problem. Recently released from prison for the botched heist of a huge diamond, he's anxious to retrieve the hot rock which he hid at a construction site two years earlier.
National security: When Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn team up as security guards, no one's safe! LAPD reject and major troublemaker Earl got L.A. cop Hank kicked off the force for brutality. Now, these...
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