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10 Best Movies Like The Penal Code

If you loved The Penal 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 Penal Code for fans of Drama & Crime. 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 Penal Code for fans of Drama & Crime. 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
Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

2009★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Penal Code for fans of Drama & Crime. 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...

#4
True Believer

True Believer

1989★ 6.2

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

Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases a...

#5
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.1

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

Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in...

#6
Siberian Education

Siberian Education

2013★ 6.8

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

The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The onl...

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