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10 Best Movies Like Prison Break

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

#1
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#2
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#3
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994★ 8.7

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

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting ski...

#4
Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump

1994★ 8.5

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

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But ...

#5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

2020★ 6.9

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

Harley Quinn joins forces with a singer, an assassin and a police detective to help a young girl who had a hit placed on her after she stole a rare diamond from a crime lord....

#6
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...