Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Doing Hard Time

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

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#1
State Property

State Property

2002★ 6.4

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

A Philadelphia gang member becomes a drug kingpin and starts a feud with vicious rivals in his quest for the American Dream....

#2
Convict

Convict

2014★ 6.5

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

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 f...

#3
Al Capone

Al Capone

1959★ 6.6

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

In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago...

#4
Until Death

Until Death

2007★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Doing Hard Time for fans of Action & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Anthony Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin—and everyone hates him. After a serious accident, he is placed into an induced coma, but emerges from it a better person who wa...

#5
Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story

Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story

2017★ 6.2

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

Notorious gangster, Pat Tate, rises through the ranks of Essex's criminal underworld. A prequel to the 'Rise of the Footsoldier' franchise....

#6
White Elephant

White Elephant

2022★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Doing Hard Time for fans of Action & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An ex-marine enforcer must battle his conscience and code of honor when he is forced to do things for the mob....

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