Movies like The Green Mile
12 films like The Green Mile (1999), The Shawshank Redemption, The Majestic, Bait among them. They're picked by what the story is about and what each shares with The Green Mile: its director, cast, franchise or setting.
1999 · 189 min · Crime, Drama, Fantasy. A death row guard learns that a gentle giant in his charge possesses a mysterious gift.
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The Shawshank Redemption
Also directed by Frank DarabontAfter a banker is sentenced to life in Shawshank Prison, he forms an unlikely friendship with a seasoned inmate and clings to hope amid cruelty and corruption.
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The Majestic
Also directed by Frank DarabontIn 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.
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Bait
Also stars David MorseAn ex-con is used by police to lure a criminal out of hiding.
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Forrest Gump
Also stars Tom HanksThe history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
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Con Air
Also crimeFormer US Army Ranger, Cameron Poe, has just been paroled for manslaughter, but must stop a group of violent and deadly criminals from escaping the country after they seize control of the prison transport plane he is on.
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Welcome to Collinwood
Also crimeCosimo gets a plan for a huge job from his cellmate. He asks his woman to find a patsy for his bungled car theft, offering $15,000. Suddenly, seven are involved.
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Donnie Darko
Also dramaAfter narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
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Cool Hand Luke
Also crime and dramaA laid-back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.
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Dead Man Walking
Also crime and dramaA nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.
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The Prestige
Also dramaTwo friends and fellow magicians become bitter enemies after a sudden tragedy. As they devote themselves to this rivalry, they make sacrifices that bring them fame but, with terrible consequences.
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Killer: A Journal of Murder
Also crime and dramaA prison guard at Leavenworth with lofty ideals and hopes of reform struggles to understand a violent, hateful and conscienceless convict. The result is a written testimonial to a crime that no one could have predicted.
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Elvis
Also stars Tom HanksThe life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
