Movies Like Red Heat (1985)

Red Heat is a 1985 thriller film from Robert Collector with a MovieMagicScore of 4.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Violence in a Women's Prison and Escape from Hell.

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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

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

The Big Doll House

1971

Female prisoners in a Philippine jail are being subjected to sadistic torture. Five of the women -- along with the help of two men -- plot an escape.

5.6

MagicScore

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

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

MagicScore

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

MagicScore

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

Women's Prison Massacre

1983

Emanuelle is framed by a corrupt D.A. while investigating a drug smuggling operation and has to tough it out under lock and key, dealing with a strict warden and abusive guards.

4.5

MagicScore

The Reader

2008

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.

7.5

MagicScore

#10

Lady Vengeance

2005

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

7.5

MagicScore

#11

Brawl in Cell Block 99

2017

After working as a drug courier and getting into a brutal shootout with police, a former boxer finds himself at the mercy of his enemies as they force him to instigate violent acts that turn the prison he resides in into a battleground.

7.0

MagicScore

#12

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

MagicScore

#13

Naked Violence

1969

Some youngsters rape and kill their teacher; but they won't tell their motivation. The police detective on the case feels some sinister influence behind the young murderers.

6.5

MagicScore

#14

Girls in Prison

1994

Framed for the murder of a record company president in 1952 Hollywood, young, aspiring singer Aggie O'Hanlon is sentenced to life in prison and tries to adjust to her life life behind bars in a hellish womens prison where she is befriended by other "lifer" inmates who help her out when Aggie finds herself marked for murder by an unknown source who thinks she knows more about the murder than she does.

4.2

MagicScore

#15

Love Camp 7

1969

Two female Army agents go undercover at a Nazi prison camp to get information from a scientist being held there.

3.8

MagicScore

#16

Harmony

2010

Jeong-hye gives a birth to a baby boy in the prison. Her and other inmates create a women's choir to compete in the national choir contest, to meet and greet their families and loving ones.

7.7

MagicScore

#17

The Edge of Heaven

2007

The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together.

7.2

MagicScore

#18

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

MagicScore

#19

White Oleander

2002

A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.

7.1

MagicScore

#20

Four Minutes

2006

Jenny is young. Her life is over. She killed someone. And she would do it again. When an 80-year-old piano teacher discovers the girl’s secret, her brutality and her dreams, she decides to transform her pupil into the musical wunderkind she once was.

6.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Red Heat?

The top films similar to Red Heat by MovieMagicScore are Violence in a Women's Prison (5.7), Escape from Hell (4.5), The Big Doll House (5.6). Each shares thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Red Heat worth watching?

Red Heat holds a MovieMagicScore of 4.1/10 from 24 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Red Heat?

Red Heat (1985) is a thriller film directed by Robert Collector, starring Linda Blair, Sylvia Kristel, Sue Kiel.

Where can I find more recommendations like Red Heat?

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

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About movies like Red Heat

This ranked list pairs Red Heat (1985), a thriller film from Robert Collector, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Linda Blair 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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