Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Cyanide

If you loved Cyanide, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
He Got Game

He Got Game

1998★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cyanide for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence....

#2
A Thousand and One

A Thousand and One

2023★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cyanide for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Struggling but unapologetically living on her own terms, Inez is moving from shelter to shelter in mid-1990s New York City. With her 6-year-old son Terry in foster care and unable ...

#3
The Mustang

The Mustang

2019★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cyanide for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

While participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates, but he learns to confront hi...

#4
Down by Love

Down by Love

2016★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cyanide for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A man, a woman. A prison director, his inmate. An impossible love, a true story....

#5
My Fault: London

My Fault: London

2025★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cyanide for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

18-year-old Noah moves from America to London, with her mother who's recently fallen in love with William, a wealthy British businessman. Noah meets William’s son, bad-boy Nick, an...

#6
White Heat

White Heat

1949★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cyanide for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy t...

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