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10 Best Movies Like Desmond

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

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#1
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#2
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

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

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....

#3
A Score to Settle

A Score to Settle

2019★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Desmond for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A former mob enforcer who is released from prison after serving 22 years for a crime he didn't commit sets out on a path for revenge against the people who wronged him....

#4
O.G.

O.G.

2018★ 5.9

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

Louis Menkins is five weeks away from being released after 26 years in prison. He is faced with the decision to put his own release at risk in order to protect a young man named Be...

#5
She's So Lovely

She's So Lovely

1997★ 5.9

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

After being released from a psychiatric institution, a man tries to redeem himself in the eyes of his now-ex wife from the events that led up to his incarceration....

#6
Brute Force

Brute Force

1947★ 7.3

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

Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how ...

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