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10 Best Movies Like Woodpeckers

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

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#1
Bad Boys

Bad Boys

1983★ 7.0

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

#2
Brute Force

Brute Force

1947★ 7.3

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

Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how ...

#3
Riot in Cell Block 11

Riot in Cell Block 11

1954★ 7.1

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

A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly....

#4
The Prince

The Prince

2019★ 7.3

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

Chile, 1970. During a night of heavy drinking, Jaime, a lonely 20-year-old young man, is sentenced to prison. There, he meets “The Stallion”, an older and respected man in whom he ...

#5
Convict

Convict

2014★ 6.5

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

#6
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

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

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past....

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