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Movies Like The Prisoner

If you liked The Prisoner (2018), a crime and drama movie directed by Hervé Bodilis and Frank Major, 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. 1Assassin(s)

    Assassin(s) (1997)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and crime

    Old professional killer Wagner seeks someone to teach what he knows as long as he is already dying, and he chooses Max, young and passionless thief to be his successor.

  2. 2In 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.

  3. 3Convict

    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…

  4. 4Mesrine: Public Enemy #1

    Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama

    After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats, making him France's most notorious criminal while simultaneously feeding his desire for media attention and public adoration, Mesrine becomes increasingly paranoid…

  5. 5The Rookie

    The Rookie (1990)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and drama

    Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help…

  6. 6Above the Law

    Above the Law (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime

    Frank Valken, high-flying robber, has just made a final masterful break. At least that’s what he believes… Ideal suspects, Valken and his gang find themselves involved in a criminal case of thirty years. It seems that…

  7. 7Rise 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.

  8. 8Bronson

    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.

  9. 9Rise of the Footsoldier

    Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime

    Carlton Leach rises from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late '80s and early '90s.

  10. 10Cleveland 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.

  11. 11The 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…

  12. 12Undisputed II: Last Man Standing

    Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006)

    ★ 7.4/10Also crime and drama

    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…

  13. 13Crimes 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…

  14. 14Stranger 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.

  15. 15The Corrupted

    The Corrupted (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime

    Set ahead of the 2012 London Olympics, the film follows Liam, an ex-con trying to win back the love and trust of his family. He has lost everything at the hands of a local crime syndicate run by Clifford Cullen, who…

  16. 16The 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…

  17. 17Gotti

    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…

  18. 18Wasteman

    Wasteman (2026)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama

    Taylor's hopes for a fresh start post-parole are jeopardised by cellmate Dee's arrival. As Dee takes Taylor under his wing, a vicious attack tests their bond, forcing Taylor to choose between protecting Dee and his own…

  19. 19The Crew

    The Crew (2008)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and crime

    Hoping to raise enough capital to finance a legitimate business and leave behind his life of crime, Liverpool underworld boss Ged Brennan sends his brother Ratter and a crew to pull a daring final heist. But when…

  20. 20Coffy

    Coffy (1973)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime and drama

    After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her…

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