Crime, Drama
The R of the title stands for the young protagonist, Rune, fearlessly played by Pilou Asbæk. Imprisoned for violent assault, he's a cocky, good-looking young man placed in the hardcore ward, where his survival depends on quickly learning the prison's parallel world of rules, honor, and obligations. R also stands for Rachid, a young Muslim prisoner who becomes Rune's friend and accomplice, defying the rigid racial stratifications among the inmates.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Docks of New York
Birdman of Alcatraz
Cool Hand Luke
The Color Purple
Prison Nurse
Boycott
The Exorcism of God
The Last Castle
The Breakfast Club
Reindeer Games
Cape Fear
Brubaker
The Edge of Heaven
The Real McCoy
Büyük Yemin
Soysuzlar
Walk the Line
Ariel
Great Freedom
Parole Girl
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Docks of New York
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 1928
A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.Birdman of Alcatraz
IMDB 7.5 | Jul , 1962
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.Cool Hand Luke
IMDB 7.7 | Nov , 1967
When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.The Color Purple
IMDB 7.7 | Dec , 1985
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.Prison Nurse
IMDB 5.1 | Mar , 1938
A state prison is threatened by approaching floods, an epidemic of typhoid fever breaks out among the inmates, the prison's only doctor falls sick, there are only three nurses to administer vaccines and take care of stricken patients--and a group of prisoners is planning to use the chaos as a cover for a mass escape.Boycott
IMDB 4.9 | Feb , 1986
Valeh, a member of a leftist organization, is arrested by the SAVAK and sentenced to death. In prison, he reconsiders his relationships with members of his political cell, and begins to doubt the validity of the ideas for which he is condemned. At the same time, his comrades pressure him to make a sacrifice for their cause, and his beloved wife experiences personal problems and economic hardships.The Exorcism of God
IMDB 7.1 | Mar , 2022
An American priest working in Mexico is considered a saint by many local parishioners. However, due to a botched exorcism, he carries a secret that’s eating him alive until he gets an opportunity to face his demon one final time.The Last Castle
IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 2001
A court-martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.The Breakfast Club
IMDB 7.7 | Feb , 1985
Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.Reindeer Games
IMDB 5.7 | Feb , 2000
After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.Cape Fear
IMDB 7.3 | Nov , 1991
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.Brubaker
IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 1980
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.The Edge of Heaven
IMDB 7.2 | Sep , 2007
The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together.The Real McCoy
IMDB 5.7 | Sep , 1993
Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcerated, Karen was the bank robber of her time, but now she wishes for nothing more than to settle down and start a new life. Unfortunately, between a dirty parole officer, old business partners, and an idiot ex, she will have to do the unthinkable in order to save her son.Büyük Yemin
IMDB 6.9 | Jan , 1969
Hamza, a powerful county landowner killed a hardworking villager named Ahmet. Soon after this incident, Ahmet's son, Ali, shot the landowner to death. Ali was imprisoned for 12 years before being released and then, in his turn, chased by the landowner's children...Soysuzlar
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1975
About Murat's struggle for his family, who got into trouble because of his brother Kemal. As Murat tries to get revenge on the gang, a tragedy will ensue.Walk the Line
IMDB 7.5 | Sep , 2005
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.Ariel
IMDB 7.1 | Oct , 1988
A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.Great Freedom
IMDB 7.3 | Nov , 2021
In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans Hoffmann is repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175, which criminalizes homosexuality. Nevertheless, over the decades, he continues his quest for freedom and love, even if he finds it in the most unusual places.Parole Girl
IMDB 5.9 | Mar , 1933
A woman convicted of fraud aims to take her revenge on the man who put her inside after being released on parole.