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10 Best Movies Like Heliotrope

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

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#1
O.G.

O.G.

2018★ 5.9

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

Louis Menkins is five weeks away from being released after 26 years in prison. He is faced with the decision to put his own release at risk in order to protect a young man named Be...

#2
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#3
Convict

Convict

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Heliotrope for fans of 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...

#4
Lockdown

Lockdown

2000★ 6.0

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

Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casse...

#5
Brute Force

Brute Force

1947★ 7.3

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

Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how ...

#6
The Escapist

The Escapist

2008★ 6.2

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

Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined to make peace with her before ...

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