Movies Like Bust Out (1973)

Bust Out is a 1973 drama, thriller film from John Hayes with a MovieMagicScore of 4.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Emmanuelle: Queen of Sados and Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS.

Drama Thriller

Emmanuelle: Queen of Sados

1980

A woman struggles to keep her stepdaughter from harms way after she hires an assassin to kill her husband, but the hitman turns and blackmails her for the crime.

6.2

MagicScore

Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS

1975

Ilsa, a warden at a Nazi death camp that conducts experiments on prisoners, strives to prove that women can withstand more pain and suffering than men, and therefore should be allowed to fight on the frontlines.

6.0

MagicScore

The Coming of Sin

1978

A superstitious servant girl - who has foreboding nightmares about a naked man on horseback - comes to live with a solitary female artist at her country chateau. As the artist takes the girl under her wing, a sensuous relationship develops between them.

5.7

MagicScore

Chained Heat

1983

Linda Blair plays Carol, a young woman who must serve 18 months in prison after driving drunk and killing a man. The prison turns out to be brimming with decadence, corruption and sleaze, where the other female inmates are sadistic crack-selling lesbian rapists and the guards and warden are no better.

5.0

MagicScore

Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade

1978

Emanuelle returns to Kenya, trying to get an interview with a foreign gangster who's taken refuge in the African countryside while still operating an international criminal network.

4.9

MagicScore

Fly Me the French Way

1974

Valerie watches over her cousin's place while he's away for six months. She spends her first night there reading, playing records, and calling her girlfriend Sophie over. That night, members of a crazed sex cult break in and mistakenly kidnap Sophie. Valerie's cousin, a member of this cult, has some incriminating photos and the leader wants to ruin his life. Valerie and Sophie's friend Fred go to the cult's mansion stronghold to stop all this madness.

4.8

MagicScore

Hellhole

1985

An unlucky woman’s mother is murdered by a scarf-wielding killer named Silk, leaving the woman injured, traumatised and suffering from amnesia. She’s committed to a mental institution, where Silk follows her, looking for the papers he was trying to get from her mother. And Silk’s only the beginning of her problems, since the asylum is run by a mad doctor, performing experiments in chemical lobotomies!

4.8

MagicScore

Friend of the Family

1995

A free-spirited natural beauty teaches an entire family to reconnect with their own sexuality. Elke is invited to stay with the Stillman family in their luxurious home in Malibu. The outward appearances of a happy and successful family soon dissolve as Elke finds each to have emotional and sexual problems that only she can help them overcome.

4.5

MagicScore

Chained Heat 2

1993

An American tourist lands in a Slavic prison run by a twisted woman and the U.S. ambassador.

3.8

MagicScore

#10

Lola's Secret

1984

A young man's dreams come true when the sexy new maid seduces him. But she has a secret that leads to trouble.

7.0

MagicScore

#11

Being Maria

2024

A young, struggling actress lands her dream role in a film by an emerging Italian director, starring alongside an American superstar. What begins as her big breakthrough quickly turns into a living hell.

6.4

MagicScore

#12

Female Teacher: In Front of the Students

1982

The lovely Reiko has taken a new teaching job at a creepy old high school. She is an extremely attractive woman and the young students in her class have fallen for her. One night, after tennis practice, she is brutally assaulted in the locker room shower by a man with a stocking over his face. Left on the floor naked and in shock, she discovers a single puzzle piece left behind by the crazed man. A few days later, a pair of students enact a perverted sexual revenge on Reiko for kicking someone off the tennis team. Could one of these students be the man who brutalized her in the locker room? Who owns the strange puzzle piece? As the mystery unfolds, Reiko must come to terms with her own sexual urges and fate.

6.2

MagicScore

#13

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

1970

An all-girl rock band moves to Hollywood in the hope of achieving success, only to fall into a whirlpool of wickedness and decadence.

6.1

MagicScore

#14

The Key

1983

Art professor Nino Rolfe attempts to break down his wife Teresa's conventional modesty. Noticing her affection for their daughter's fiancé, Nino instigates her sexual interest in him - setting off a chain of unexpected events and emotional complications...

6.0

MagicScore

#15

Mudhoney

1965

In this Depression-era tale, Calef is traveling from Michigan to California and stops in Spooner, Missouri, where Lute hires him for odd jobs. Calef gets involved with Lute's niece, Hannah. But she is married to Sidney, a wife-beating drunk who hopes to inherit his uncle-in-law's money. Sidney and an eccentric preacher plot against Calef, who finds it difficult to conceal his mysterious past and his growing affection for Sidney's wife.

6.0

MagicScore

#16

Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?

1974

Hanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects with Heisuke Takei a friend from his youth, offers protection to a forward-thinking physician Genan Sugino who has defamed his ruler, discovers a pleasure ring of young wives and a blind music teacher, and cuckolds a corrupt official under his very nose.

5.8

MagicScore

#17

Swingers

2002

Despite Diana's insecure nature, she and her husband Julian agree with the idea to sexually experiment with another couple. They put out an ad on the net to which the well experienced Alex and Timo react. We follow Diana and Julian as they prepare for the arrival of Alex and Timo, who they have invited to their home for the weekend. Diana is nervous. As soon as she is confronted with the self-confident and ravishingly sexy Alex, her insecurity increases even more. Timo seems disinterested, a sharp contrast to the boyish excitement of Julian. But as night falls and their sexual exploration begins, we notice Timo may not be as casual as he initially seemed and Diana on the other hand contains hidden strength. And so we realize there's more to 'Swingers' than just sex. Swingers: could your relationship stand the test?

5.7

MagicScore

#18

Violence in a Women's Prison

1982

Laura Kendall, also known as Emanuelle, arrives at a remote prison with a long, fictional rap sheet that will allow her to go undercover to report on the cruelties behind bars.

5.7

MagicScore

#19

Big Bad Mama

1974

Mama and daughters get forced by circumstances into bootlegging and bank robbing, and travel across the country trailed by the law.

5.6

MagicScore

#20

Vixen!

1968

In a Canadian mountain resort, Vixen Palmer resides with her naive pilot husband Tom. While he's away flying in tourists, she sleeps with practically everybody including a husband and his wife, and even her biker brother. However, the only one she won't bed is her brother's friend... who is Black.

5.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Bust Out?

The top films similar to Bust Out by MovieMagicScore are Emmanuelle: Queen of Sados (6.2), Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS (6.0), The Coming of Sin (5.7). Each shares drama/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Bust Out worth watching?

Bust Out holds a MovieMagicScore of 4.1/10 from 9 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Bust Out?

Bust Out (1973) is a drama, thriller film directed by John Hayes, starring Ric Lutze, Ralph Wain, Myron Griffin.

Where can I find more recommendations like Bust Out?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more drama recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Bust Out

This ranked list pairs Bust Out (1973), a drama and thriller film from John Hayes, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Ric Lutze take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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