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10 Best Movies Like Hard Time

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

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#1
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#2
The Grudge 3

The Grudge 3

2009★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hard Time for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Jake Kimble, the sole survivor of the Chicago massacre, is killed while in solitary confinement. His doctor begins investigating the claims he made about a long-haired woman in whi...

#3
Julieta

Julieta

2016★ 7.0

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

The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madnes...

#4
G.I. Joe: Retaliation

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

2013★ 5.7

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

Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are fo...

#5
Darkman II: The Return of Durant

Darkman II: The Return of Durant

1995★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hard Time for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Darkman and Durant return and they hate each other as much as ever. This time, Durant has plans to take over the city's drug trade using high-tech weaponry. Darkman must step in an...

#6
Django Unchained

Django Unchained

2012★ 8.2

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

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner....