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10 Best Movies Like Young Kids, Hard Time

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

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#1
Girl in the Basement

Girl in the Basement

2021★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Young Kids, Hard Time for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in t...

#2
The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect

2004★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Young Kids, Hard Time for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. H...

#3
Offender

Offender

2012★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Young Kids, Hard Time for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Justice needs to be served at Britain's most notorious young offenders institute....

#4
The Escapist

The Escapist

2008★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Young Kids, Hard Time for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined to make peace with her before ...

#5
The Alabama Solution

The Alabama Solution

2025★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Young Kids, Hard Time for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Incarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up in one of America’s deadliest prison systems....

#6
Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story

Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story

2020★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Young Kids, Hard Time for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

After 16-year-old Cyntoia Brown is sentenced to life in prison, questions about her past, physiology and the law itself call her guilt into question....

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