Movies Like Escape from DS-3

If you liked Escape from DS-3 (1981), a science fiction and crime movie directed by Robert Emenegger and Allan Sandler, 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
Alien³ (1992)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction
After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more…
2
Convict (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
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
The Unforgivable (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also crime
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.
4
S.W.A.T. (2003)
★ 6.2/10Also crime
Hondo Harrelson recruits Jim Street to join an elite unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. Together they seek out more members, including tough Deke Kay and single mom Chris Sanchez. The team's first big…
5
Code 8 Part II (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and crime
In a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.
6
Fortress (1992)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction
In the future, the inmates of a private underground prison are computer-controlled with cameras, dream readers, and devices that can cause pain or death. John and his illegally pregnant wife Karen are locked inside…
7
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction
After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic…
8
S.W.A.T.: Under Siege (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also crime
When a D.E.A. and S.W.A.T. cartel takedown ends in a shootout, S.W.A.T. Agent Travis Hall seizes a mysterious prisoner taking him into custody. Before long, the S.W.A.T. compound is under siege by wave-after-wave of…
9
Bronson (2009)
★ 6.9/10Also 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.
10
No Escape (1994)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction
In the year 2022, a ruthless prison warden has created the ultimate solution for his most troublesome and violent inmates: Absolom, a secret jungle island where prisoners are abandoned and left to die. But Marine…
11
Girl in the Basement (2021)
★ 7.6/10Also crime
Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.
12
Lock Up (1989)
★ 6.8/10Also crime
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-hole prison after his administration…
13
Bad Boys (1983)
★ 7/10Also crime
Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile…
14
Serenity (2005)
★ 7.4/10Also science fiction
A group of rebels travel the outskirts of space evading the sinister Alliance regime. Their lives of smuggling and cargo-running are interrupted by a psychic passenger who harbours a dangerous secret. Soon, the crew…
15
Demolition Man (1993)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and science fiction
In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong. When Phoenix escapes 36 years later to wreak…
16
Margaux (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction
As a group of seniors celebrate their final college days at a smart house, the house's highly advanced AI system, Margaux, begins to take on a deadly presence of her own. A carefree weekend of partying turns into a…
17
Containment (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction
Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
18
Land of the Dead (2005)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction
The living dead have taken over the world, and the remaining humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they cope with the situation.
19
Black Site (2022)
★ 6/10Also crime
A group of officers based in a labyrinthine top-secret prison must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When he escapes, his mysterious and deadly agenda has far reaching…
20
Rage of Stars (2026)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction
A story about a woman from the International Special Forces Unit, who has a premonition about the impending end of humanity.