Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "halfway-house"

1. The Unforgivable (2021)

R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.

Director: Nora Fingscheidt | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Viola Davis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jon Bernthal

Votes: 119,273

2. Double Jeopardy (1999)

R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A woman framed for her husband's murder suspects he is still alive; as she has already been tried for the crime, she can't be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills him.

Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Greenwood, Benjamin Weir

Votes: 96,114 | Gross: $116.74M

3. Heist (III) (2015)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A father is without the means to pay for his daughter's medical treatment. As a last resort, he partners with a greedy co-worker to rob a casino. When things go awry they're forced to hijack a city bus.

Director: Scott Mann | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Dave Bautista, Kate Bosworth

Votes: 32,709

4. Suspect Zero (2004)

R | 99 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A mysterious serial killer is preying on other serial killers and one FBI agent suspects there may be more to the vigilante than the obvious characteristics.

Director: E. Elias Merhige | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss, Harry Lennix

Votes: 21,267 | Gross: $8.73M

5. Spider (2002)

R | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.

Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, Lynn Redgrave

Votes: 41,175 | Gross: $1.64M

6. 10½ (2010)

108 min | Drama

Tommy, 10 years old, is well known by Social Services. He is considered a danger to society. Gilles, his guardian at this halfway house, sees potential for redemption in this kid driven by violence.

Director: Daniel Grou | Stars: Claude Legault, Robert Naylor, Eugénie Beaudry, Blaise Tardif

Votes: 726

7. Straight Time (1978)

R | 114 min | Crime, Drama

The difficulties of a career burglar to reinsert himself after being released on parole.

Directors: Ulu Grosbard, Dustin Hoffman | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton

Votes: 10,186 | Gross: $9.90M

8. Primary Colors (1998)

R | 143 min | Comedy, Drama

A man joins the political campaign of a smooth-operator candidate for President of the United States of America.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Kathy Bates, Larry Hagman

Votes: 30,136 | Gross: $38.97M

9. Blindspotting (2018)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

While on probation, a man begins to re-evaluate his relationship with his volatile best friend.

Director: Carlos López Estrada | Stars: Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, Janina Gavankar, Jasmine Cephas Jones

Votes: 32,930 | Gross: $4.33M

10. Flag Day (2021)

R | 109 min | Crime, Drama

A father lives a double life as a counterfeiter, bank robber and con man in order to provide for his daughter.

Director: Sean Penn | Stars: Mitchell McCormick, Tom Anniko, Dylan Penn, Regina King

Votes: 3,594

11. Adam's Apples (2005)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A neo-Nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devoted minister.

Director: Anders Thomas Jensen | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nicolas Bro, Paprika Steen

Votes: 54,731 | Gross: $0.00M

12. 360 (2011)

R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A modern and stylish kaleidoscope of interconnected love and relationships linking characters from different cities and countries in a vivid, suspenseful and deeply moving tale of romantic life in the 21st century.

Director: Fernando Meirelles | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Foster

Votes: 17,478 | Gross: $0.10M

13. Table 19 (2017)

PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Eloise, having been relieved of maid of honor duties after being unceremoniously dumped by the best man via text, decides to attend the wedding anyway, only to find herself seated with five fellow unwanted guests at the dreaded Table 19.

Director: Jeffrey Blitz | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Lisa Kudrow, Craig Robinson, Stephen Merchant

Votes: 31,046 | Gross: $3.61M

14. Lorelei (2020)

111 min | Drama

A working-class fable about a biker, a mermaid and three shades of blue.

Director: Sabrina Doyle | Stars: Jena Malone, Pablo Schreiber, Ryan Findley, Cory Ellis

Votes: 2,444

15. Infinitely Polar Bear (2014)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A father struggling with bipolar disorder tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier.

Director: Maya Forbes | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Imogene Wolodarsky, Ashley Aufderheide

Votes: 17,058 | Gross: $1.43M

16. Sherrybaby (2006)

R | 96 min | Drama

Sherry tries to integrate again into society and become a good mother.

Director: Laurie Collyer | Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ryan Simpkins, Sam Bottoms, Michelle Hurst

Votes: 12,070 | Gross: $0.20M

17. Submarino (2010)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama

Two brothers meet at their mother's funeral, each in his way on a path of self-destruction, both haunted by a tragedy in their youth.

Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Gustav Fischer Kjærulff, Sebastian Bull, Mads Broe Andersen, Jakob Cedergren

Votes: 11,612

18. The Amityville Moon (2021)

R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller

As Alyssa and Karla try to escape from the church home that holds them captive, Karla is slaughtered by a vicious, semi-human creature.

Director: Thomas J. Churchill | Stars: Cody Renee Cameron, Michael Cervantes, Sheri Davis, Augie Duke

Votes: 374

19. Ladybird Ladybird (1994)

R | 101 min | Drama

Maggie, an unmarried mother of four children by four different men who abused her, leaves her kids home alone one night. A fire injures them and child services takes custody. Maggie fails to regain custody of her children.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Crissy Rock, Vladimir Vega, Sandie Lavelle, Mauricio Venegas

Votes: 3,829 | Gross: $0.15M

20. Harmonium (2016)

Not Rated | 120 min | Drama

Toshio hires Yasaka in his workshop. This old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life.

Director: Kôji Fukada | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Mariko Tsutsui, Taiga Nakano, Momone Shinokawa

Votes: 2,908 | Gross: $0.02M

21. My Little Girl (1986)

R | 118 min | Drama

A young girl agrees to work in a center for girls who can't stay with their parents. She gets wrapped up in the plights of several of the girls, and tries to help them, but only gets herself into trouble with her parents and supervisor.

Director: Connie Kaiserman | Stars: James Earl Jones, Geraldine Page, Mary Stuart Masterson, Anne Meara

Votes: 384

22. Stateside (2004)

R | 97 min | Drama, Music, Romance

The film follows a rebellious teenager on leave from the Marines who falls in love with a female musician. The relationship is threatened when she develops a mental illness...

Director: Reverge Anselmo | Stars: Jonathan Tucker, Rachael Leigh Cook, Agnes Bruckner, Val Kilmer

Votes: 1,997 | Gross: $0.17M

23. A Mother's Crime (2017 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Thriller

Released from prison after 7 years for killing her husband, a troubled woman is determined to reclaim the child she had abandoned as a baby from the loving care of the woman who has been raising her, her estranged sister.

Director: Farhad Mann | Stars: April Bowlby, Jenny Gabrielle, Matt Page, Brytnee Atkinson

Votes: 228

24. Broken Diamonds (2021)

PG-13 | 90 min | Drama

In the wake of his father's death, a twenty-something writer sees his dream of moving to Paris put in jeopardy when he's forced to temporarily take in his wildly unpredictable, mentally ill sister.

Director: Peter Sattler | Stars: Ben Platt, Lola Kirke, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alphonso McAuley

Votes: 348

25. Puppets Who Kill (2002–2006)

TV-Y | 30 min | Comedy, Crime

The series takes place in a halfway house for very bad puppets and features four felonious puppet inmates who are doing time with their human caseworker as they wait until that glorious day.

Stars: Dan Redican, James Rankin, Gord Robertson, Bruce Hunter

Votes: 482

26. Passing Strange (2009)

TV-MA | 135 min | Documentary, Musical

Director Spike Lee's passionate adaptation of the thrilling Broadway musical about a young bohemian who experiences sex, drugs and rock and roll on his journey to selfhood.

Directors: Spike Lee, Annie Dorsen | Stars: Stew, De'Adre Aziza, Eisa Davis, Colman Domingo

Votes: 421

27. Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004)

R | 94 min | Drama

An adaptation of Bishop T.D. Jakes' self-help novel, chronicling a woman's struggle to come to terms with her legacy of abuse, addiction and poverty.

Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Kimberly Elise, T.D. Jakes, Michael Boatman, Loretta Devine

Votes: 1,043 | Gross: $6.88M

28. Marla (2018)

92 min | Horror

When a girl goes to get an IUD implanted by a distant relative, he commits a deranged act which has deadly implications for those close to her.

Director: Lisa van Dam-Bates | Stars: Lisa van Dam-Bates, Travis Johnny Ware, Katie Hemming, Jason Stange

Votes: 250

29. Jacinta (2020)

TV-MA | 105 min | Documentary

Filmed for over three years, JACINTA begins at the Maine Correctional Center where Jacinta, 26, and her mother Rosemary, 46, are incarcerated together, both recovering from drug addiction. ... See full summary »

Director: Jessica Earnshaw | Stars: Jacinta, Rosemary

Votes: 481

30. Downtown (1986–1987)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama

LAPD officer Forney serves double duty supervising four widely differing parolees living in a half-way house. He tries to get them jobs; they try to help him solve crimes.

Stars: Mariska Hargitay, Robert Englund, Michael Nouri, Blair Underwood

Votes: 69

31. Killer Diller (2004)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Music

A guitar playing car thief meets an autistic savant piano player, and together they transform a group of reluctant halfway house convicts into The Killer Diller Blues Band.

Director: Tricia Brock | Stars: Lucas Black, William Lee Scott, Fred Willard, John Michael Higgins

Votes: 428

32. Recovery Boys (2018)

89 min | Documentary

In the heart of America's opioid epidemic, four men attempt to reinvent their lives and reenter society sober after years of drug abuse. Recovery Boys, from Academy Award nominated director... See full summary »

Director: Elaine McMillion Sheldon

Votes: 827

33. Chasing the Devil (2014)

Not Rated | 84 min | Horror

Patrick McCord doesn't accept the explanation of his sister's mysterious death as suicide, and instead teams up with a team of paranormal investigators to delve deeper into the inexplicable... See full summary »

Director: Mark Haber | Stars: Tim Phillipps, Vivan Dugré, Chris Yule, Cory Knauf

Votes: 795

34. 10 Cent Pistol (2014)

Unrated | 91 min | Crime, Thriller

A story about two lifelong criminals who maneuver through the shady underbelly of Los Angeles in search of wealth, love and redemption.

Director: Michael C. Martin | Stars: Jena Malone, JT Alexander, Damon Alexander, Joe Mantegna

Votes: 577

35. Halfway Home (2007)

30 min | Comedy

An improvised half-hour show featuring the daily exploits of five ex-cons living together in a residential rehab facility.

Stars: Kevin Ruf, Jordan Black, Regan Burns, Jessica Makinson

Votes: 600

36. Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson (1993 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

Filmmaker Barbara Kopple profiles the life and career of former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson and the surrounding events that led to his 1992 6 year prison conviction.

Director: Barbara Kopple | Stars: Mike Tyson, Kevin Rooney, Desiree Washington, Curtis Ratliff

Votes: 237

37. Virgil Bliss (2001)

Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Virgil Bliss is a man obsessed with living a normal life, finding a good job, marrying a decent woman, and building a family of his own. But as a recently paroled career thief with a ... See full summary »

Director: Joe Maggio | Stars: Clint Jordan, Kirsten Russell, Anthony Gorman, Greg Amici

Votes: 258 | Gross: $0.00M

38. The Sugar Factory (1998)

91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Harris becomes smitten with Helen, a divorced woman with two children, who allows him to babysit her kids. While in his charge, the little girl hides in a refrigerator during a game of ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Carter | Stars: Matt Day, Rhondda Findleton, Anthony Hayes, Michela Noonan

Votes: 85

39. The Glass House (2009)

Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary

The fringes of Iranian society can be a lonely place, especially if you are a teenage girl with few resources to fall back on. Finding Home follows four girls striving to pull themselves ... See full summary »

Director: Hamid Rahmanian

Votes: 105

40. A Halfway House Christmas (2005)

Not Rated | 50 min | Comedy

In this spoof of reality television, five recovering drug and alcohol addicts try to live in a house together during the holidays. Can they stay clean and sober for Christmas? Or will the network's quest for ratings bring them down?

Director: Eric Moyer | Stars: Bobcat Goldthwait, Brian Walsh, Robert Romanus, Rod Sellers

Votes: 136

41. Alastair Tembylton (2015)

Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Crime, Drama

A downtrodden young man gives in to his darkest temptations and commits sexual assault. Returning to society, he finds that he is a despised outcast that cannot be saved, lest he confronts the reason that turned his life to darkness.

Director: Samuel Horton | Stars: Jordan David, Jennifer Lynn Warren, Samuel Horton

Votes: 9

42. The Sorcerer (I) (2015)

Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Omar Ney is a 200-year-old sorcerer doing good works for humanity. He is powerful; but can he fend off great challenges to his purpose here and meet his destiny before his time on earth runs out?

Director: Elanor Togliatti | Stars: Sergio Togliatti, John Gross, Siobhan Togliatti, Paul Supplee

Votes: 8

43. La conciergerie (1997)

101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Jacques Laniel, a young policeman for whom everything seemed to turn into success, sees is universe falls over when his partner and friend is meanly killed before his very eyes.

Director: Michel Poulette | Stars: Serge Dupire, Macha Grenon, Jacques Godin, Monique Spaziani

Votes: 201 | Gross: $0.25M

44. Moccasin Flats: Redemption (2008 TV Movie)

120 min | Drama

Moccasin Flats: Redemption revisits the series man character Red, an ex-junkie who, after doing time for a crime he says he didnt commit, returns to the pressure cooker that is The Flats, a... See full synopsis »

Director: Rob W. King | Stars: Ron Harris, Candy Fox, Danna Henderson, Kaniehtiio Horn

Votes: 21

45. Cowboy & Kick (2008)

Drama

Two mentally ill misfits thrown together in a halfway house become friends despite the great obstacles they face.

Director: Randy Webb | Stars: Ryan Andrew Brandt, Shiron Butterfly, Audie Case, Sean Frost

46. Halfway (II) (2019)

TV-14 | 17 min | Short, Drama

Recently released from prison, Krystal must navigate the new rules and strong personalities of her local Christian halfway house if she has any hope of regaining custody of her estranged daughter.

Director: Carey Williams | Stars: Anastasia Leddick, Noemi Gonzalez, Joy Nash, Shondrella Avery

Votes: 15

47. My Brother's Keeper (I) (2010)

9 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi

Two brothers, John and Steve, who lives in an old run down half way house. John in the beginning is crazy, he claims to hear screaming rabbits and argues with Steve that their dad was crazy... See full summary »

Director: Addison Geary | Stars: Andrew Coil, Brian M. Martin, Lori Salamida

48. Die Macht der Männer ist die Geduld der Frauen (1978)

76 min | Documentary, Drama

The fate of a market woman who is mentally and physically abused by her husband for years until she can begin a new life in freedom with her son in a women's shelter.

Director: Cristina Perincioli | Stars: Elisabeth Walinski, Eberhard Feik, Dora Kürten, Christa Gehrmann

49. Suicide Prevention Hotline (2012)

4 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

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Director: Devon Malik Scott | Stars: Terry Sasaki, Riva Lombardi, Devon Malik Scott

50. The New Batman Adventures (1997–1999)
Episode: Double Talk (1997)

TV-PG | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Arnold Wesker, The Ventriloquist, is released from Arkham Asylum, deemed a healthy man - only to discover that his alternate personality Scarface may still be struggling to return.

Director: Curt Geda | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Tara Strong, George Dzundza, Mel Winkler

Votes: 819