Movies Like Women of Whirlpool Island

If you liked Women of Whirlpool Island (1960), a crime movie directed by Teruo Ishii, 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
Tales from the Hood (1995)
★ 6.3/10Also crime
A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in a local funeral parlor.
2
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.
3
The Concrete Jungle (1982)
★ 6/10Also crime
An unfortunate and naive girl is set up by her boyfriend and convicted of drug smuggling. She is sent to a women's correctional facility where she must constantly struggle to survive.
4
Jamesy Boy (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also crime
Based on the true story of teenager James Burns who goes from a suburban street gang to a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by hardened criminals. He turns his life around in prison thanks to the unexpected…
5
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
★ 7/10Also crime
A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
6
The Eel (1997)
★ 6.9/10Also crime
A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.
7
Sleepers (1996)
★ 7.6/10Also crime
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
8
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
★ 6.4/10Also crime
Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.
9
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
★ 8.7/10Also crime
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden…
10
Brubaker (1980)
★ 7.1/10Also crime
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
11
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
★ 7.4/10Also crime
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby…
12
The Woodsman (2004)
★ 6.8/10Also crime
After twelve years in prison, Walter returns home. His family has abandoned him, save for his brother-in-law. Few know he's a sex offender and pedophile. Walter finds an apartment and is regularly visited by his parole…
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
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also crime
Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the jailhouse fighting champ Uri Boyka in a battle to the death. This…
15
The United States of Leland (2003)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl…
16
Dark Places (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also crime
A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day.
17
An American Crime (2007)
★ 7.3/10Also crime
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
18
South Central (1992)
★ 6.7/10Also crime
During a 10-year sentence for murdering the leader of a rival South Central Los Angeles gang, Bobby Johnson finds religion and rehabilitation with the help of Muslim inmate Ali. Upon his release, Bobby returns home to…
19
Cape Fear (1991)
★ 7.3/10Also crime
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape…
20
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.