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10 Best Movies Like Release

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

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#1
Kiss of the Spider Woman

Kiss of the Spider Woman

1985★ 7.0

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

The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molin...

#2
Bad Boys

Bad Boys

1983★ 7.0

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

Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick ...

#3
Convict

Convict

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Release for fans of Crime & 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
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994★ 8.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Release for fans of Crime & Drama. 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...

#5
Prison Break: The Final Break

Prison Break: The Final Break

2009★ 7.5

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

Michael and Sara wed, but the happiness is short-lived when the Feds apprehend her for the murder of Michael's mother, Christina. Once a hit is ordered on Sara, the team reunite to...

#6
Caged

Caged

1950★ 7.1

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

A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison....

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