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10 Best Movies Like Cell 211

If you loved Cell 211, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke

1967★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cell 211 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragli...

#2
The Number 23

The Number 23

2007★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cell 211 for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego...

#3
Fortress

Fortress

1992★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cell 211 for fans of Action & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In the future, the inmates of a private underground prison are computer-controlled with cameras, dream readers, and devices that can cause pain or death. John and his illegally pre...

#4
Bronson

Bronson

2009★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cell 211 for fans of Action & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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 ...

#5
Pacto de Fuga

Pacto de Fuga

2020★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cell 211 for fans of Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the last years of Pinochet's military regime, a group of militants from the "Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front" plan a prison break of political prisoners, through a tunnel ...

#6
Prison Break: The Final Break

Prison Break: The Final Break

2009★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cell 211 for fans of Action & Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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...

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