Movies Like Under Lock and Key

If you liked Under Lock and Key (1995), a drama and action movie directed by Henri Charr, 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
Lock Up (1989)
★ 6.8/10Also action and drama
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…
2
Nowhere to Run (1993)
★ 6.6/10Also action and drama
Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children.
3
Black Site (2022)
★ 6/10Also action and thriller
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…
4
High Sierra (1941)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and action
Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.
5
Prison Break: The Final Break (2009)
★ 7.5/10Also action and drama
Michael and Sara wed, but the happiness is short-lived when the Feds apprehend her for the murder of Michael's mother, Christina. Once a hit is ordered on Sara, the team reunite to break out the increasingly vulnerable…
6
The Last Castle (2001)
★ 7.2/10Also action and drama
A court-martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.
7
The Enforcer (2022)
★ 7/10Also action and drama
A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to…
8
Good Time (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller and drama
After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.
9
Shot Caller (2017)
★ 7/10Also drama and thriller
A newly-released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.
10
Convict (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also action 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…
11
SAS: Red Notice (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and action
An off-duty SAS soldier, Tom Buckingham, must thwart a terror attack on a train running through the Channel Tunnel. As the action escalates on the train, events transpire in the corridors of power that may make the…
12
Return to Sender (2015)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and thriller
A nurse mistakes a stranger who pays her a visit for her blind date and soon, the man rapes her and turns her life upside down. The woman works to reclaim her life and exact revenge on her assailant after he's paroled…
13
Felon (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and thriller
A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.
14
The Package (1989)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and action
Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.
15
In Too Deep (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and action
Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop Jeffrey Cole. But as Cole takes on an…
16
The System (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also action and thriller
When a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison in order to figure out what is really going on.
17
Damage (2009)
★ 6.6/10Also action and thriller
An ex-con battles it out in the cage to pay for the operation that would save the daughter of his victim. Along the way he finds fatherly love, and friendship, in the most unlikely of places.
18
Bad Boys for Life (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and action
Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious…
19
Cape Fear (1991)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and thriller
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
Bronson (2009)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and action
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.