Movies Like Women's Prison

If you liked Women's Prison (1958), a drama and crime movie directed by Maurice Cloche, 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
Just Before Nightfall (1971)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and crime
A married man who killed the wife of his best friend during a tryst feels compelled to turn himself in.
2
Pasha (1968)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and crime
Six months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss loses his temper, and investigates on his own, which leads him through…
3
Only the Animals (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and crime
Following the disappearance of the glamorous and secretive Evelyne Ducat during a blizzard in the highlands of southern France, the lives of five people inextricably linked to Evelyne are brought together to…
4
The Insult (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and crime
After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.
5
See How They Fall (1994)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and crime
A middle-aged sales rep drops everything to track down the killers of his cop friend. Two years earlier, an older gambler forms an intense bond with a naive young man, who changes his name to please him.
6
Saint Omer (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and crime
A novelist attends the trial of a woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues, her own family history, doubts, and…
7
In His Shadow (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama
After the death of their father, two half-brothers find themselves on opposite sides of an escalating conflict with tragic consequences.
8
Inspector Lavardin (1986)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and drama
Inspector Lavardin is called to a provincial village to investigate a murder – only to find that one of his ex-lovers is the victim’s widow.
9
In Her Name (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and crime
In 1982, André Bamberski learns about the death of his 14 year-old daughter, Kalinka, while she was on vacation with her mother and stepfather in Germany. Convinced that Kalinka’s death was not an accident, Bamberski…
10
SK1 (2015)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crime
The hunt, capture and trial of Guy Georges, one of France's most notorious serial killers.
11
Winged Creatures (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and drama
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 his own instincts and elects to use an…
12
The Color of Lies (1999)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and drama
In a small Breton town, a 10-year-old girl is found murdered. René, her art teacher, a professional painter, is the last person to have seen her alive. The inspector in charge of the investigation immediately questions…
13
Borgo (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and crime
Melissa is an experienced, exemplary prison guard. But a dangerous spiral is set into motion when she transfers to a Corsican jail, where she accepts help and protection from inmate Saveriu to get her bearings. Upon…
14
The Dictator's Guns (1965)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and crime
An experienced skipper is hired to buy a boat from an American heiress in the Caribbean, but when the boat vanishes and bodies surface, he realizes he’s been framed for arms trafficking.
15
Ad Vitam (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama
When he and his pregnant wife are attacked in their home, a former elite agent becomes trapped in a deadly manhunt tied to his own painful past.
16
The Truth About Emanuel (2013)
★ 6/10Also drama
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
17
Perfect Nanny (2019)
★ 6/10Also drama and crime
When Myriam, the mother of two young children, decides, despite the reluctance of her husband to resume her activity in a law firm, the couple is looking for a nanny. After a severe casting, they hire Louise, who…
18
Deadly Circuit (1983)
★ 6.1/10Also crime
A P.I. is obsessed with a cute woman, who seduces and kills rich men around W. Europe.
19
Diabolically Yours (1967)
★ 5.9/10Also crime
A wealthy amnesiac begins to suspect that his devoted wife is not really his wife and that he is not the man people keep telling him he is.
20
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and crime
A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.