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City banker Andy Dufresne arrived at Shawshank Prison in 1947. Convicted of two brutal murders, he received a double life sentence. Within the confines of the prison, Andy forms an unlikely friendship with the prison "fixer" Red. He also becomes popular with the Warden and the prison's guards, as Andy is able to use his banking experience to help the corrupt officials amass personal fortunes. With the extraordinary twist in the tale, Andy finds that...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Sound of Freedom, based on the incredible true story, shines a light on even the darkest of places. After rescuing a young boy from ruthless child traffickers, a federal agent learns the boy's sister is still captive and decides to embark on a dangerous mission to save her. With time running out, he quits his job and journeys deep into the Colombian jungle, putting his life on the line to free himself from a fate worse than death.
3) The dry
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
For Aaron Falk, going back home is not going to be easy. After all, with the area facing an extreme drought, everyone is in a constant state of alert. It is against this strange backdrop that Falk stumbles into a mystery that is four decades old. Many years ago, a teenage girl died under mysterious circumstances. And the more that Falk investigates this cold case, the more he realizes that it may have something to do with the town's more recent tragedies....
4) Marshall
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The story of young Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases. Mature thematic content, sensuality, violence and some strong language.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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In 1980, Ted Bundy was sentenced to death by electrocution. In the years that followed, he agreed to disclose the details of his crimes, but only to one man. During the early days of the agency's criminal profiling unit, FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier met with the incarcerated Ted Bundy in the hopes of understanding the psychology of the serial killer and providing closure for the victim₂s families. As Hagmaier delves into Bundy's dark and twisted mind,...
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English
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Ben Singer is a failed folk singer, newly unemployed proofreader, and every-other-weekend dad to his young daughter. The only thing he takes comfort in is smoking marijuana and chess games with Ibou, his Senegalese roommate. When Ibou becomes ill, a municipal employee exacerbates the emergency situation, and Ben pours his energy into a lawsuit against the city. Meanwhile, Ibou's beautiful sister Khadi arrives from Senegal, and Ben's life begins to...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Is based on an incredible true story, and shines a light on even the darkest of places. After rescuing a young boy from ruthless child traffickers, a federal agent learns the boy's sister is still captive and decides to embark on a dangerous mission to save her. With time running out, he quits his job and journeys deep into the Colombian jungle, putting his life on the line to free the girl from a fate worse than death.
10) Fair game
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Based on the autobiography of undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame, whose covert identity was exposed when her husband, retired Ambassador Joe Wilson, wrote a newspaper article challenging the basis for the claim that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
11) The longest yard
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A sadistic prison warden will make any sacrifice to push his prison guards' semi-pro football team to a national championship.
12) The longest yard
Language
English
Formats
Description
A former pro football quarterback suddenly lands in a maximum security prison. Using fellow inmates, he must put together a motley group of cons to play a no-holds-barred grudge game against the sadistic guards.
13) SwitchBack
Series
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
A serial killer is on the loose and he's kidnapped the son of the FBI agent pursuing him. But who is the killer? Where is the child hidden?
14) Felon
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Wade Porter is a loving family man who loses everything when he accidentally kills the burglar who broke into his home. Convicted of involuntary manslaughter, Wade is sentenced to three years at a maximum security facility. Forced to share a cell with a notorious mass murder and subjected to brutal beatings, Wade soon realizes he's in the fight of his life if he is to survive the block.
15) The dry
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
After returning to his small home town in Australia, which has had a long period of drought, to attend the funeral of his childhood friend, a federal agent reluctantly stays to investigate the crime, which reopens old wounds involving the death of a teenage girl.
16) Apprentice
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Malayalam
Description
Aiman is a 28 year old Malay correctional officer who is recently transferred to the territory's top prison. He lives with his older sister Suhaila in a modest housing estate. At his new workplace, Aiman begins to take an interest in a 65 year old sergeant named Rahim. Soon, it is revealed that the charismatic Rahim is actually the long serving chief executioner of the prison.
17) The throwaways
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Notorious hacker Drew Reynolds is captured by the CIA and given a proposition, work for them or spend the rest of his life in prison. Agreeing on the condition that he can form his own team, he puts together a group of 'throwaways,' the people deemed expendable and seemingly the worst in the organization.
18) Hidden figures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented...
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