Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Doin' Time

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

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#1
Big Stan

Big Stan

2007★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Doin' Time for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A weak con man panics when he learns he's going to prison for fraud. He hires a mysterious martial arts guru who helps transform him into a martial arts expert who can fight off in...

#2
Bill Burr: Walk Your Way Out

Bill Burr: Walk Your Way Out

2017★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Doin' Time for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

No-nonsense comic Bill Burr takes the stage in Nashville and riffs on fast food, overpopulation, dictators and gorilla sign language....

#3
Get Hard

Get Hard

2015★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Doin' Time for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When millionaire hedge fund manager James is convicted of fraud and sentenced to a stretch in San Quentin, the judge gives him one month to get his affairs in order. Knowing that h...

#4
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

1996★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Doin' Time for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with...

#5
Stir Crazy

Stir Crazy

1980★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Doin' Time for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promot...

#6
Hollywood Shuffle

Hollywood Shuffle

1987★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Doin' Time for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film "Jivetime Jimmy's R...

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