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10 Best Movies Like The Criminal Code

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

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#1
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Criminal Code for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past....

#2
Above the Rim

Above the Rim

1994★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Criminal Code for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now empl...

#3
Lock Up

Lock Up

1989★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Criminal Code for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-...

#4
The Concrete Jungle

The Concrete Jungle

1982★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Criminal Code for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An unfortunate and naive girl is set up by her boyfriend and convicted of drug smuggling. She is sent to a women's correctional facility where she must constantly struggle to survi...

#5
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing

Undisputed II: Last Man Standing

2006★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Criminal Code for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the jailhouse fighting champ Uri ...

#6
Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

2009★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Criminal Code for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts h...

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