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10 Best Movies Like Hell Penitentiary

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

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#1
Convict

Convict

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hell Penitentiary for fans of Action & 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...

#2
Trafficked

Trafficked

2017★ 6.6

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

In this story inspired by real characters, three girls from America, Nigeria and India are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved in a Texas brothel, and must ...

#3
Hunting Season

Hunting Season

2025★ 6.9

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

When a reclusive survivalist and his daughter rescue a mysterious, wounded woman from a river, they become entangled in a deadly web of violence and revenge, forcing them to confro...

#4
Lockdown

Lockdown

2000★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hell Penitentiary 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
Never Back Down: Revolt

Never Back Down: Revolt

2021★ 6.3

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

An amateur fighter is lured by a trafficking syndicate specializing in elite underground fighting where her brutal captor forces her to fight or face certain death....

#6
Some Velvet Morning

Some Velvet Morning

2013★ 5.8

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

Fred arrives at the doorstep of his beautiful young mistress Velvet after four years apart, claiming to have finally left his wife. But when she rejects his attempts to rekindle th...

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