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10 Best Movies Like Paper Dove

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

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#1
Riot in Cell Block 11

Riot in Cell Block 11

1954★ 7.0

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

A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly....

#2
Nowhere to Run

Nowhere to Run

1993★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paper Dove for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children....

#3
Pacto de Fuga

Pacto de Fuga

2020★ 7.5

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

During the last years of Pinochet's military regime, a group of militants from the "Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front" plan a prison break of political prisoners, through a tunnel ...

#4
Brute Force

Brute Force

1947★ 7.3

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

Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how ...

#5
Cell 211

Cell 211

2009★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paper Dove for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attem...

#6
Against the Wall

Against the Wall

1994★ 6.1

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

In 1971, a warden at Attica Penitentiary is caught up in a hostage crisis when inmates take over the prison to demand better living conditions....

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