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10 Best Movies Like Doin' Time

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

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#1
Jim's Story

Jim's Story

2024★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Doin' Time for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there. T...

#2
The Zone of Interest

The Zone of Interest

2023★ 7.0

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

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp....

#3
No End

No End

1985★ 7.0

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

1982, Poland. A translator loses her husband and becomes a victim of her own sorrow. She looks to sex, to her son, to law, and to hypnotism when she has nothing else in this time o...

#4
Abbé Pierre - A Century of Devotion

Abbé Pierre - A Century of Devotion

2023★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Doin' Time for fans of History. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The life of Henri Grouès, known as Abbé Pierre, from his time in the Resistance in WWII to his fights against poverty and for the homeless....

#5
Perfect Days

Perfect Days

2023★ 7.8

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

Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through ...

#6
La Notte

La Notte

1961★ 7.9

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

A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship in Milan....