Movies Like Girls in Prison (1994)

Girls in Prison is a 1994 crime, drama, thriller film from John McNaughton with a MovieMagicScore of 4.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Roadracers and Cool and the Crazy.

Crime Drama Thriller

Roadracers

1994

Cynical look at a 1950s rebellious Rocker who has to confront his future, thugs with knives, and the crooked town sheriff.

5.9

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Cool and the Crazy

1994

Unhappily married couple Roslyn and Michael lead separate affairs that lead to violent repercussions for all.

4.2

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The Naked Cage

1986

A young woman is falsely convicted of a bank robbery and sent to a maximum-security prison run by a corrupt warden, where she is forced to suffer various indignities.

4.8

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Caged

1950

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

7.1

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Street Warriors II

1979

A veteran policeman named Fernando feels a lot of hatred against Ángel because the boy ran him over with a car leaving him lame. Now Fernando accuses the young crook of having participated in a robbery at a gas station in which a murder has occurred. Helped by his friends, Ángel rebuilds the facts that serve him as an alibi, but while he is in pre-trial detention in La Modelo prison (Barcelona) a terrible mutiny will take place.

5.5

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Felon

2008

A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.

7.1

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Shot Caller

2017

A newly-released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.

7.0

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Women in Cages

1971

Carol Jeffries is a naive American woman staying in the Philippines. She is given ten years in prison after being set up by her drug-dealer boyfriend, Rudy. She endures the harsh conditions, sadistic head matron and attempts on her life, then convinces her cell-mates to try to escape with her through the jungle, in spite of the knowledge that ruthless trackers will be sent out after them.

5.0

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Escape from Hell

1980

A women's prison camp is located deep in the tropical rain forest. Sadistic guards and a warden from hell make life almost unbearable for the inmates, and any infraction of the rules is dealt with swiftly and savagely. The camp doctor is horrified at what he sees happening, and drinks heavily to push the horror away. Finally the inmates have had had enough, and they enlist the help of the doctor to try and escape.

4.5

MagicScore

#10

Frances

1982

The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.

6.9

MagicScore

#11

House of Whipcord

1974

Somewhere in the middle of the English countryside a former judge and a group of former prison warders, including his lover, run their own prison for young women who have not been held properly to account for their crimes. Here they mete out their own form of justice and ensure that the girls never return to their old ways.

5.9

MagicScore

#12

Sadomania

1981

Soon after newlyweds Olga and Michel set foot on the grounds of a notorious women's prison, they're arrested by topless guards and ushered behind bars where the warden quickly dismisses Michel but demands that Olga do a little time.

5.0

MagicScore

#13

Freedom Downtime

2001

A feature-length documentary about the Free Kevin movement and the hacker world.

7.0

MagicScore

#14

Another 9 1/2 Weeks

1997

Despondent at losing his lover, a man wanders the streets of Paris and has an affair with her kinky friend.

4.6

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#15

In Hell

2003

A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.

6.6

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#16

In the Name of the Father

1993

A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.

7.9

MagicScore

#17

Nightmare in Badham County

1976

Two UCLA coeds have engine trouble in small Southern town. When they spurn the local sheriff's advances he arranges for them to be taken to the women's prison on trivial charges (the judge is a cousin), where they must endure atrocities at the hands of the administrators of the prison and the prison guards.

5.7

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#18

Bringing Down the House

2003

Uptight lawyer Peter Sanderson wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a hard time meeting the right women. He tries online dating and lucks out when he starts chatting with a fellow lawyer. The two agree to meet in the flesh, but the woman he meets — an escaped African-American convict named Charlene — is not what he expected. Peter is freaked out, but Charlene tries to convince him to take her case and prove her innocence. Along the way, she wreaks havoc on his middle-class life as he gets a lesson in learning to lighten up.

6.0

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#19

Lady Vengeance

2005

Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.

7.5

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#20

Barbed Wire Dolls

1976

Maria, an unfortunate young woman, kills her rapist father in self-defense, and is later tried, sentenced, and shipped off to a woman's penitentiary where she and her fellow inmates are subjected to psychological and sexual abuse at the hands of a psychotic lesbian warden.

4.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Girls in Prison?

The top films similar to Girls in Prison by MovieMagicScore are Roadracers (5.9), Cool and the Crazy (4.2), The Naked Cage (4.8). Each shares crime/drama/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Girls in Prison worth watching?

Girls in Prison holds a MovieMagicScore of 4.2/10 from 20 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Girls in Prison?

Girls in Prison (1994) is a crime, drama, thriller film directed by John McNaughton, starring Anne Heche, Ione Skye, Missy Crider.

Where can I find more recommendations like Girls in Prison?

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

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About movies like Girls in Prison

This ranked list pairs Girls in Prison (1994), a crime and drama and thriller film from John McNaughton, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Anne Heche 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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