Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Penalty

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

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#1
The Man from Elysian Fields

The Man from Elysian Fields

2001★ 5.8

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

A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husb...

#2
Òlòtūré

Òlòtūré

2019★ 6.3

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

In Lagos, Nigeria, young, naive Nigerian journalist Òlòtūré goes undercover to expose the shady underworld of human trafficking. Unused to this brutal environment, crawling with ru...

#3
Some Velvet Morning

Some Velvet Morning

2013★ 5.8

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

Fred arrives at the doorstep of his beautiful young mistress Velvet after four years apart, claiming to have finally left his wife. But when she rejects his attempts to rekindle th...

#4
Milk Money

Milk Money

1994★ 6.4

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

Three young boys pool their money and pay V, a kindhearted prostitute, to strip for them. Afterward, she drives them home to the suburbs -- but then her car breaks down. It's just ...

#5
Welcome to the Rileys

Welcome to the Rileys

2010★ 6.6

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

Years after their teenage daughter’s death, Lois and Doug Riley, an upstanding Indiana couple, are frozen by estranging grief. Doug escapes to New Orleans on a business trip. Compe...

#6
Trafficked

Trafficked

2017★ 6.6

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

In this story inspired by real characters, three girls from America, Nigeria and India are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved in a Texas brothel, and must ...

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