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10 Best Movies Like I Was a Convict

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

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#1
After the Fox

After the Fox

1966★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was a Convict for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A criminal mastermind sets up a phony film production as part of a plan to smuggle stolen gold....

#2
Analyze That

Analyze That

2002★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was a Convict for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The mafia's Paul Vitti is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out. Naturally, he returns to his analyst Dr. Ben Sobel for help and finds that Sobel ne...

#3
Stir Crazy

Stir Crazy

1980★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was a Convict for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promot...

#4
Tough Guys

Tough Guys

1986★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was a Convict for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Harry Doyle and Archie Lang are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving their time, they are released fro...

#5
Bandits

Bandits

2001★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was a Convict for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After escaping from prison, Joe and Terry go on a crime spree, robbing banks through Oregon and California in order to finance their scheme for a new life south of the border. Unfo...

#6
Two-Way Stretch

Two-Way Stretch

1960★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was a Convict for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning to jail...

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