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10 Best Movies Like Jail

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

#1
Funny Farm

Funny Farm

1988★ 6.2

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

Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farm...

#2
The Isle

The Isle

2000★ 6.9

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

Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love wi...

#3
Smiles of a Summer Night

Smiles of a Summer Night

1955★ 7.4

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

Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly at...

#4
Re-Generator

Re-Generator

2010★ 6.2

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

A plane containing a highly classified government project crashes outside of a small town in the US. Realizing the level of danger, the government tries to secretly fix the problem...

#5
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952★ 6.7

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

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours th...

#6
Decalogue VIII

Decalogue VIII

1989★ 7.3

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

Zofia, a professor of ethics, is visited by Elżbieta, an American researching the fate of Jews who survived World War II. A daytime classroom conversation turns into a night of con...