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Movies Like El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll Be Free

If you liked El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll Be Free (1988), a drama and crime movie directed by Vicente Aranda, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Bronson

    Bronson (2009)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and crime

    A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.

  2. 2Convict

    Convict (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama

    Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his fiance. He soon realizes that the…

  3. 3Rise of the Footsoldier 3

    Rise of the Footsoldier 3 (2017)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime and drama

    In the late 1980s, Pat Tate journeys from peddling pills in Marbella to his time in prison, where he solidifies his power before his release to reclaim his turf.

  4. 4Cleveland Abduction

    Cleveland Abduction (2015)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama

    A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.

  5. 5The Dead Pool

    The Dead Pool (1988)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama

    Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of prominent figures. By the time Harry learns that the murders are part of a sick…

  6. 6In the Blood

    In the Blood (2014)

    ★ 5.8/10Also crime

    When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.

  7. 7Murphy's Law

    Murphy's Law (1986)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime

    A tough police detective escapes from custody after being framed and arrested for the murder of his ex-wife, and must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.

  8. 8Redeemer

    Redeemer (2014)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime

    A former hit-man for a drug cartel becomes a vigilante to pay for his sins and find redemption.

  9. 9Gotti

    Gotti (1996)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime and drama

    John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion…

  10. 10Rampage: Capital Punishment

    Rampage: Capital Punishment (2014)

    ★ 6/10Also crime

    A man takes over a TV station and holds a number of hostages as a political platform to awaken humanity, instead of money.

  11. 11The Protector

    The Protector (1985)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime

    Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is…

  12. 12The Substitute

    The Substitute (1996)

    ★ 7/10Also crime and drama

    When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon…

  13. 13Lost in the Night

    Lost in the Night (2023)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and crime

    A young man from a small mining town embroils himself with a wealthy family with a dubious past.

  14. 14Crimes of Passion

    Crimes of Passion (1984)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama

    Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated private detective, and a psychopathic priest in possession of a…

  15. 15Jawbone

    Jawbone (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner…

  16. 16Magnum Force

    Magnum Force (1973)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and crime

    "Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only…

  17. 17Xtreme

    Xtreme (2021)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime

    Two years after the murder of his son and father, a retired hitman sets in motion a carefully crafted revenge plan against the killer: his own brother.

  18. 18Kiss Me Deadly

    Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime

    One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to…

  19. 19The Platform

    The Platform (2019)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    A slab of food descends down a vertical facility. The residents above eat heartily, leaving those below starving and desperate. A rebellion is imminent.

  20. 20Stranger on the Third Floor

    Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama

    Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.

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