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10 Best Movies Like Prison State

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

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#1
Strange Object

Strange Object

2020★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Prison State for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An archival investigation into the imperial image-making of the RAF ‘Z Unit’, which determined the destruction of human, animal and cultural life across Somaliland, as well as Afri...

#2
Godzilla vs. Mothra

Godzilla vs. Mothra

1992★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Prison State for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Mothra's dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. Two tiny fairies called the Cosmos offer their help by calling Mothra to battle the creatur...

#3
Dune

Dune

2020★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Prison State for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Sounds as witnesses. They blurr into memories, half-dreams, it is undecided if they are real or not. A fluctuation between imagination and reality....

#4
The Way Back

The Way Back

2024★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Prison State for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The Year of Return is an initiative of the government of Ghana that is intended to encourage African diasporans to come to Africa to settle and invest in the continent. This film ...

#5
The Way Back

The Way Back

2022★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Prison State for fans of . It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Ember is a 21-year-old photography student, stubborn, confident and independent. Her biggest dream has always been to move out of her hometown - she hated it for as long as she cou...

#6
Jim's Story

Jim's Story

2024★ 6.8

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

Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there. T...