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10 Best Movies Like Nightmare in Badham County

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

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#1
The Concrete Jungle

The Concrete Jungle

1982★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nightmare in Badham County for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An unfortunate and naive girl is set up by her boyfriend and convicted of drug smuggling. She is sent to a women's correctional facility where she must constantly struggle to survi...

#2
Lock Up

Lock Up

1989★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nightmare in Badham County for fans of Drama & Action & Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-...

#3
Convict

Convict

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nightmare in Badham County for fans of Drama & Action & Crime. 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
The Mustang

The Mustang

2019★ 6.9

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

While participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates, but he learns to confront hi...

#5
Return to Sender

Return to Sender

2015★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nightmare in Badham County for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A nurse mistakes a stranger who pays her a visit for her blind date and soon, the man rapes her and turns her life upside down. The woman works to reclaim her life and exact reveng...

#6
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

2006★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nightmare in Badham County for fans of Drama & TV Movie & Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When Jesse Stone looks into the murder of a teen-age girl whose body is found floating in a local lake, it brings him up against the Boston mob and into the affluent world of a bes...

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