20 movies like You Only Live Once, ordered by similarity : Woodpeckers(2017), Heartlock(2018), Papillon(2017), Shockproof(1949), Manhattan Melodrama(1934), Carol(2015), Midnight Mary(1933), Canon City(1948), Port of Shadows(1938), My King(2015), It Always Rains on Sunday(1947), Carlito's Way(1993) ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
86 Minutes
Sylvia Sidney Henry Fonda Barton MacLane William Gargan Jean Dixon Jerome Cowan Margaret Hamilton Ward Bond Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
secretary ex-convict public defender tense melodramatic passionate prison courtroom hotel on the run loyalty love morality law sacrifice temptation escape 1930s
The public defender's secretary and an ex-convict get married and try to make a life together, but a series of disasters sends their lives spiraling out of control.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Crime, Drama
USA
2018
96 Minutes
Alexander Dreymon Lesley-Ann Brandt Erik LaRay Harvey Cedric Young Wayne David Parker Jacqueline Williams Javon Anderson Jerilynd Bartys Michael Alexander Phillip Edward Van Lear Anton Bassey
inmate prison guard enemy prisoner lover suspenseful engaging striking prison new york city united states jail love forbidden love prison life escape risk unlikely allies unlikely romance escape
A rogue love story centered on a female correctional officer whose life is turned upside down by the fleeting affections of her lover - a male convict whose charm is only as genuine as his desire to be free.
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
79 Minutes
Cornel Wilde Patricia Knight John Baragrey Esther Minciotti Howard St. John Russell Collins Charles Bates Gilbert Barnett Frank Jaquet Ann Shoemaker King Donovan
convict parole officer ex-convict love interest elderly person dark melodramatic prison bedroom family home parole prison trust second chance murder temptation forbidden love rivalry 1940s
A Parole Officer falls in-love with his client, a ravishing blonde who served time for murder, and he's determined to help her go straight despite her interfering criminal boyfriend.
Crime, Drama
1934
93 Minutes
Clark Gable William Powell Myrna Loy Leo Carrillo Isabel Jewell Mickey Rooney Nat Pendleton
casino owner politician love interest priest engaging gripping thrilling touching melodramatic new york city casino friendship new love self-sacrifice loyalty political campaign immortality sacrifice rise growing up
A district attorney (William Powell) condemns his boyhood buddy, a racketeer (Clark Gable) whose crime saves his bid for governor.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Crime, Drama
USA
1933
71 Minutes
Loretta Young Ricardo Cortez Franchot Tone Andy Devine Una Merkel Warren Hymer Ivan F. Simpson Harold Huber
young woman criminal lawyer socialite friend clerk melodramatic gutsy gripping tense courtroom reform school jail gambling house law office apartment murder case poverty bad luck crime
An abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
82 Minutes
Scott Brady Jeff Corey Whit Bissell Stanley Clements Charles Russell DeForest Kelley Ralph Byrd
escaped convict prisoner hostage police officer warden brash gripping tense melodramatic canon city, colo. prison house prison break fugitives hostage situation crime escape transformation sacrifice rivalry
Twelve inmates plan a prison break from the Colorado State Penitentiary but one of them reluctantly joins the group.
Crime, Drama, Romance
France
1938
91 Minutes
Jean Gabin Michèle Morgan Michel Simon Pierre Brasseur Edouard Delmont Raymond Aimos Robert Le Vigan René Génin
deserter young woman tough guy godfather thug gangster brooding gritty dreamy passionate le havre, france bar port city love escape doomed romance on the run love triangle relationships rescue
A military deserter finds love and trouble (and a small dog) in a smoky French port city.
Romance, Drama
France
2015
124 Minutes
Vincent Cassel Emmanuelle Bercot Louis Garrel Isild Le Besco Chrystèle Saint Louis Augustin Patrick Raynal Yann Goven Paul Hamy
woman accident victim lover lawyer therapist drug addict intense melodramatic heartwarming emotional passionate touching clinic rehabilitation clinic ski slopes accident skiing passion past loves lost love
Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious skiing accident. Dependent of medical staff and painkillers, she takes the time to remember the tumultuous love story she lived with Georgio.
Crime, Drama
UK
1947
92 Minutes
Googie Withers John McCallum Jack Warner Edward Chapman Jimmy Hanley John Carol John Slater Susan Shaw Sydney Tafler Alfie Bass Betty Ann Davies
criminal escaped convict woman neighbor police officer old flame dark melodramatic engaging london prison bomb shelter backyard crime hiding relationships family prison break friendship escape
An escaped convict tries to hide out at his former lover's house, but she has since married and is reluctant to help him.
Crime, Drama
USA
1993
144 Minutes
Al Pacino Sean Penn Penelope Ann Miller Luis Guzman John Alberto Leguizamo Ingrid Rogers James Rebhorn Joseph Siravo Viggo Mortensen Richard Foronjy Jorge Porcel
ex-convict lawyer friend dancer girlfriend gangster tense gritty emotional new york city nightclub courtroom big city criminal underworld crime shady dealings drugs gangsters murder ex-convicts
A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.
Drama
USA
1957
92 Minutes
Jack Palance Barbara Lang Harold J. Stone Edward Platt
inmate wife brother warden prison guard engaging tense melodramatic san quentin penitentiary california prison house switched identities loyalty infidelity prison break betrayal marriage sacrifice temptation
San Quentin prison inmate Arnie Judlow asks his twin brother Bill and his wife Ruth to assist him in a daring escape plan.
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
87 Minutes
Wallace Beery Chester Morris Robert Montgomery Lewis Stone Leila Hyams George F. Marion J.C. Nugent Karl Dane DeWitt Jennings Matthew Betz Claire McDowell
prisoner prison official guard warden criminal gritty thrilling bleak prison prison life prison break drunk driving corruption crime escape revenge 1930s
A convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.
Drama
South Africa|USA|Germany
2016
106 Minutes
Andrea Riseborough Steve Coogan Deon Lotz Robert Hobbs Garion Dowds Marcel van Heerden Nicola Hanekom Eduan van Jaarsveldt Carel Nel
lawyer prison guard judge wife murderer prisoner prisoners death row inmate brutal chilling emotional gripping intense moving powerful raw sad shocking south africa cape town
A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
prisoner prison guard bank robber wife detective escape artist amusing gutsy bleak suspenseful tense california san quentin penitentiary prison bank car escape bank heist life story prison
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
Crime, Drama
USA
1986
90 Minutes
Gary McCleery Margaret Klenck John Sayles Martin Donovan John Seitz John Snyder
teen boy prisoner social worker brother judge woman powerful tense emotional passionate tennessee jail florida courtroom store car murder case court battles juvenile crime jailbreak
A teenaged boy goes for a ride with his brother and the brother's friends, who proceed to rob a store and murder the clerk. They are caught and, despite the young boy's protestations, he is... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1993
138 Minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis Michelle Pfeiffer Winona Ryder Richard E. Grant Alec McCowen Geraldine Chaplin Mary Beth Hurt Miriam Margolyes Sian Phillips Michael Gough Alexis Smith
lawyer socialite countess mother passionate sultry tense new york city forbidden love scandal love triangle love social standing temptation love sacrifice 1870s
A tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1957
114 Minutes
Tyrone Power Marlene Dietrich Charles Laughton Elsa Lanchester John Williams Henry Daniell Ian Wolfe Una O'Connor Torin Thatcher Francis Compton Norma Varden
lawyer wife defendant prosecutor nurse witness gripping crafty courtroom trial love triangle love-hate relationship betrayal murder investigation mystery rivalry love temptation 1950s
A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.
Crime, Comedy, Drama, Action
2017
105 Minutes
Dean O'Gorman James Rolleston Ashleigh Cummings Antonia Prebble Matt Whelan Ben Mitchell Milo Cawthorne Siobhan Marshall
outlaw cop friend boyfriend girlfriend driver amusing engaging endearing thrilling heartwarming new zealand vehicle barn road on the run big city on the run road trip protest
Accidental outlaws travel New Zealand in a yellow mini, protesting conformity and chasing lost love, with the cops and the media hot on their tail.