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10 Best Movies Like Men Behind Bars

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

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#1
The German Lesson

The German Lesson

2019★ 6.5

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

In a small North German village a drama played out during and shortly after the Second World War about duty versus individual conscience and morality....

#2
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#3
TalhotBlond

TalhotBlond

2012★ 6.3

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

Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately lead...

#4
Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything

Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything

2023★ 5.8

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

Set in a warm summer in 1990 in former East Germany, it follows a young woman who begins a relationship with a charismatic farmer who is twice her age....

#5
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1957★ 6.8

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

Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War....

#6
Faith Like Potatoes

Faith Like Potatoes

2006★ 7.3

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

Frank Rautenbach leads a strong cast as Angus Buchan, a Zambian farmer of Scottish heritage, who leaves his farm in the midst of political unrest and racially charged land reclaims...

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