Shows Like Locked Up

If you liked Locked Up (2015), a drama and crime series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Wentworth (2013)
★ 8/10Also drama and crime
Bea Smith is locked up while awaiting trial for the attempted murder of her husband and must learn how life works in prison. A modern adaptation and sequel of the iconic Prisoner series.
2
Prisoner (1979)
★ 7.6/10Also drama
Prisoner is an Australian soap opera that is set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison.
3
In the Mud (2025)
★ 7.6/10Also crime and drama
Five female prisoners forge a unique bond after a deadly accident... until corruption and turf wars within a ruthless prison threaten to destroy them.
4
Escape at Dannemora (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and crime
The stranger-than-fiction account of a prison break in upstate New York in the summer of 2015, which spawned a massive manhunt for two convicted murderers who were aided in their escape by a married female prison…
5
El marginal (2016)
★ 8.2/10Also crime and drama
An ex-cop entered a prison as convicted under a false identity in order to infiltrate within a group of prisoners that has just kidnapped the teenage daughter of an important national judge.
6
Mayor of Kingstown (2021)
★ 8/10Also drama and crime
In a small Michigan town where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry, the McClusky family are the power brokers between the police, criminals, inmates, prison guards and politicians in a city…
7
Jett (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and crime
Fresh out of prison, world-class thief Daisy ”Jett” Kowalski is forced back into doing what she does best by dangerous and eccentric criminals determined to exploit her skills for their own ends.
8
Time (2021)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and crime
Guilt, violence and impossible choices – what does it take to survive? Tense, gritty and heartbreaking – Jimmy McGovern's award-winning prison drama, with an all-star cast.
9
Shades of Blue (2016)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and crime
Sexy New York detective and single mother Harlee Santos fell in with a tight-knit group of dirty cops, taking bribes and protection money that she uses to provide the best life for her honest, talented daughter. But…
10
Oz (1997)
★ 8/10Also crime and drama
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their…
11
I Will Find You (2026)
★ 8.2/10Also drama and crime
Wrongfully imprisoned for murdering his own son, a father sets out on a desperate rescue mission after learning the boy may still be alive.
12
Captive (2026)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and crime
An Argentine dramatic television miniseries co-produced by TNT and FLOW. It follows the life of a nun who, after fifteen years, manages to escape from a cloistered convent where she was a victim of psychological abuse…
13
La jauría (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and crime
Blanca, student leader of the feminist movement in an occupied school, goes missing: hours later, a video of a group raping the girl goes viral. In their aim to find her, a police squad formed by three women puts their…
14
Good Behavior (2016)
★ 7/10Also drama and crime
Letty Dobesh is a thief and con artist fresh out of prison whose life is always one wrong turn and bad decision from implosions — just how she likes it. But when she overhears a hitman being hired to kill a man’s wife…
15
Prison Cell 211 (2025)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and crime
Caught in a prison riot, a human rights lawyer poses as an inmate to survive. As he blends in, chaos and personal loss unveil the darkness within him.
16
Goliath (2016)
★ 7.6/10Also crime and drama
Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a bar than a courtroom. When he reluctantly agrees to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the biggest client of Cooperman…
17
Surviving Escobar - Alias JJ (2017)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and crime
As the Medellín Cartel crumbles, Pablo Escobar's No. 1 hit man struggles to stay alive and gain respect in the prison hierarchy.
18
Good Girls (2018)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and crime
Three "good girl" suburban wives and mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take their power back.
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Unspeakable Sins (2025)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and crime
A woman starts an affair with a male escort to get revenge on her controlling husband, but the plan spirals into a dangerous fight for survival when it leads to a crime scene with her husband missing and her lover on…
20
Stolen Away (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crime
Searching for his kidnapped daughter, Antonio sets off a series of events affecting scores of people when he maneuvers to be sent to prison in Colombia.