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10 Best Movies Like Release the Prisoners to Spring

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

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#1
Magnolia

Magnolia

1999★ 7.7

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

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game sh...

#2
We Own the Night

We Own the Night

2007★ 6.7

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

A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen....

#3
Macken - Roy's & Roger's Bilservice

Macken - Roy's & Roger's Bilservice

1990★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Release the Prisoners to Spring for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Roy and Roger decide to close their gasstation for the summer, to try to find where, what and how their lost father is. Roger also falls in love and much more....

#4
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Release the Prisoners to Spring for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie indust...

#5
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#6
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Release the Prisoners to Spring for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....