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10 Best Movies Like Women in Prison

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

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#1
Let Him Have It

Let Him Have It

1991★ 6.7

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

In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek's f...

#2
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Women in Prison for fans of 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....

#3
Each Dawn I Die

Each Dawn I Die

1939★ 6.8

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

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in ord...

#4
The Trials of Cate McCall

The Trials of Cate McCall

2013★ 6.4

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

In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicte...

#5
Gangster No. 1

Gangster No. 1

2000★ 6.4

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

An old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls when he was a young punk and who joined Freddie's gang—a...

#6
The Valachi Papers

The Valachi Papers

1972★ 6.5

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

When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts ...

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