Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like AWOL

If you loved AWOL, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to AWOL for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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....

#2
Siberian Education

Siberian Education

2013★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to AWOL for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The onl...

#3
The Enforcer

The Enforcer

2022★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to AWOL for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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 ...

#4
The Parts You Lose

The Parts You Lose

2019★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to AWOL for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm....

#5
Òlòtūré

Òlòtūré

2019★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to AWOL for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In Lagos, Nigeria, young, naive Nigerian journalist Òlòtūré goes undercover to expose the shady underworld of human trafficking. Unused to this brutal environment, crawling with ru...

#6
Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

1949★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to AWOL for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court....

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