20 movies like A Prayer Before Dawn, ordered by similarity : Brawl in Cell Block 99(2017), Papillon(2017), The Old Man & the Gun(2018), Maze(2017), Escape Plan 2: Hades(2018), The Next Three Days(2010), Brute Force(1947), Henry's Crime(2010), Woodpeckers(2017), Toro(2016), In Hell(2003), The Informer(2019) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK|France|China|Cambodia|USA|Germany
2017
117 Minutes
Joe Cole Billy Moore Pornchanok Mabklang Panya Yimmumphai Chaloemporn Sawatsuk Komsan Polsan Sakda Niamhom Sura Sirmalai
boxer prisoners fighter brutal fiery prison boxing match boxing ring thailand tournament prison release escape 2000s
The true story of an English boxer incarcerated in one of Thailand's most notorious prisons as he fights in Muay Thai tournaments to earn his freedom.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2017
132 Minutes
Vince Vaughn Jennifer Carpenter Don Johnson Marc Blucas Thomas Guiry Udo Kier Rob Morgan Geno Segers Fred Melamed Dan Amboyer Pooja Kumar
boxer mechanic wife drug trafficker police officer inmate brutal bleak rousing tense unrestrained gritty house prison car boat interrogation room yard prison drug trade
A former boxer-turned-drug runner lands in a prison battleground after a deal gets deadly.
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
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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.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2017
92 Minutes
Martin McCann Niamh McGrady Tom Vaughan-Lawlor Barry Ward Eileen Walsh Andy Kellegher David Coakley Seán T. Ó Meallaigh Aaron Monaghan James Browne Ross McKinney
prisoner freedom fighter terrorist ira agent fascinating gripping tense thrilling prison europe ireland northern ireland prison break prison escape adventure quest escape 1980s
Inspired by the true events of the 1983 breakout of 38 Irish Republican prisoners from the Maze prison in Northern Ireland.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
China|USA
2018
94 Minutes
Sylvester Stallone Dave Bautista Curtis Jackson Jaime King Jesse Metcalfe Huang Xiaoming Lydia Hull Baylee Curran Ashley Cusato Vincent Young Tyler Jon Olson
operative kidnapper team leader teammate prisoner prison guard brutal brooding gripping thrilling prison cell yard prison break kidnapping rescue crime ring prison rescue revenge
Years after he fought his way out of an inescapable prison, Ray Breslin has organized a new top-notch security force. But when one of his team members goes missing, Breslin must return to the hell he once escaped from.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
USA|France
2010
133 Minutes
Russell Crowe Elizabeth Banks Brian Dennehy Lennie James Olivia Wilde Ty Simpkins Helen Carey Liam Neeson Daniel Stern Kevin Corrigan Jason Beghe
husband wife son ex-convict boss suspenseful brutal united states venezuela prison airport university murder prison break schemes desperation fall rescue pursuit 2000s
A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1947
98 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Hume Cronyn Charles Bickford Yvonne De Carlo Ann Blyth Ella Raines Anita Colby Sam Levene Howard Duff Art Smith Roman Bohnen
prisoner warden guard wife criminal dark gritty prison doctor's office prison escape illness violence escape quest 1940s
At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Action, Drama
USA
2010
108 Minutes
Keanu Reeves James Caan Vera Farmiga Judy Greer Peter Stormare Fisher Stevens Bill Duke Currie Graham David Costabile Danny Hoch
bank robber actress prisoner ex-wife thief woman amusing charming witty lighthearted melodramatic emotional united states prison bank bank robbery love love interest money prison
Released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, an ex-con targets the same bank he was sent away for robbing.
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.
Action, Mystery & Thriller
2016
105 Minutes
Mario Casas Luis Tosar Ingrid García Jonsson Jose Sacristan Claudia Vega Nya de la Rubia Ignacio Herráez Luichi Macías Manuel Salas Isabel Zayas José Manuel Poga
gang leader criminal brother niece murderer brutal powerful spirited suspenseful spain prison crime prison death new life family past crimes adventure rescue revenge
Action
USA
2003
98 Minutes
Jean-Claude Van Damme Lawrence Taylor Marnie Alton Lloyd Battista Carlos Gomez Emanuil Manolov Chris Moir Billy Rieck Kaloian Vodenicharov Malakai Davidson Veselin Kalanovski
fighter prisoner warden friend killer brutal intense prison russia fighting betting corruption imprisonment violence prison life rivalry revenge 2000s
A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the wardens' entertainment.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|USA|Canada
2019
113 Minutes
Joel Kinnaman Rosamund Pike Clive Owen Common Ana de Armas Martin McCann Eugene Lipinski Valeria Vereau
reformed criminal soldier fbi agent mobster prisoner drug dealer brutal bleak tense thrilling gritty unrestrained prison informing prison drug trade mob pursuit escape fall
An ex-convict working undercover intentionally gets himself incarcerated again in order to infiltrate the mob at a maximum security prison.
Action, Crime, Drama
USA
2012
94 Minutes
Wes Chatham Devon Sawa Sarah Butler Neal McDonough Lucky Johnson Chris Browning Adam Mervis Bernard Hocke Ava Bogle Eric Scott Woods Michael Jai White
best friend young man robber police officer prisoner murderer bleak brutal disturbing engaging gripping suspenseful louisiana prison baton rouge, la. cage friendship relationships prison fighting
A former NCAA champion wrestler, paroled after ten years in prison, agrees to a series of cage fights to save a friend's life and is asked to do the impossible - lose.
Drama
USA
1932
93 Minutes
Paul Muni Glenda Farrell Helen Vinson Preston Foster Edward Ellis Allen Jenkins Noel Francis Berton Churchill
veteran prisoner guard landlady lawyer bleak brutal intense georgia diner prison chicago construction site prison injustice torture escape aspirations jealousy escape
Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Sports & Fitness
2015
120 Minutes
Tony Jaa Jing Wu Jin Zhang Louis Koo Simon Yam Ken Lo Philip Keung Jun Kung Aaron Chow Babyjohn Choi
undercover cop prisoner gang members prison guard daughter thrilling gritty suspenseful tense prison thailand hong kong crime pursuit 2010s
When his cover gets blown, a Hong Kong cop (Wu Jing) lands in a Thai prison where the warden (Zhang Jin) works with a criminal mastermind (Louis Koo) to harvest organs.
Drama
Canada
2007
104 Minutes
Rossif Sutherland Danny Glover Greg Bryk Flex Alexander Laura Regan Chris Collins Tonya Lee Williams Carol Sinclair
ex-convict boxer father mother rival brooding thrilling emotional prison boxing ring house street canada halifax, nova scotia race relations family class struggle boxing prison homosexuality
Donnie Rose went to prison for beating a young man so brutally it left him handicapped for life. Nine years later, Donnie is out. He's a different man with only one place to go: back home ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Germany|UK
2008
105 Minutes
Jason Statham Tyrese Gibson Ian McShane Joan Allen Natalie Martinez Max Ryan Jason Clarke Frederick Koehler Jacob Vargas Justin Mader Robert LaSardo
race car driver criminal warden convict prisoner innocent man tense dark thrilling prison battlefield track island car prison life freedom framed for murder competition race battle
Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Mexico
2017
92 Minutes
Dolph Lundgren Corbin Bernsen Louis Mandylor Jocelyn Osorio Isaac C. Singleton Jr. Eddie J. Fernandez Steven Dell Tok Tam Aboozary
thief professional cia agent drug lord criminal prisoner brutal amusing cheeky confident cool fiery intense intricate wild mexico united states robbery prison prison life
A team of thieves break into a maximum secured Mexican prision with a plan to rob the most notourious druglord. Full of action, guns smoking, fighting and corrupt politicians.
Crime, Sports & Fitness, Drama, Action
Indonesia|USA
2014
148 Minutes
Iko Uwais Yayan Ruhian Arifin Putra Oka Antara Tio Pakusadewo Alex Abbad Julie Estelle Cok Simbara Cecep Arif Rahman Very Tri Yulisman Ryuhei Matsuda
son gangster family member undercover cop inmate kingpin brash brooding chilling prison office police station jakarta, indonesia building drug house undercover operations crime family fighting prison
Only a short time after the first raid, Rama goes undercover with the thugs of Jakarta and plans to bring down the syndicate and uncover the corruption within his police force.
Sci-Fi, Action
USA|Canada|Indonesia|UK|China|Singapore
2017
106 Minutes
Frank Grillo Bojana Novakovic Jonny Weston Callan Mulvey Antonio Fargas Jacob Vargas Iko Uwais Yayan Ruhian
detective prisoner son alien thrilling suspenseful airy gory prison alien planet spaceship street kidnapping alien attack danger father/son relationship adventure rise fall rescue
A tough-as-nails detective embarks on a relentless pursuit to free his son from a nightmarish alien warship.