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10 Best Movies Like Lock Up

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

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#1
Tango & Cash

Tango & Cash

1989★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lock Up for fans of Action & Crime & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are two successful narcotics detectives who can't stand each other. Crime lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income they have caused him, plots an ...

#2
Over the Top

Over the Top

1987★ 6.4

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

Lincoln Hawk a hard-luck big-rig trucker takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willp...

#3
Escape to Victory

Escape to Victory

1981★ 6.9

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

A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime....

#4
Society

Society

1989★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lock Up for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Bill Whitney is worried that he is different to his sister and parents. They mix with other upper-class people while Bill is more down to earth. Even his girlfriend seems a bit odd...

#5
Puppet Master

Puppet Master

1989★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lock Up for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After being contacted by their mysterious former colleague, four psychics arrive at a secluded hotel where they are stalked by a group of murderous puppets....

#6
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

1992★ 5.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lock Up for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she buys him a machine gun out of th...