Movies Like Brubaker

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

The Longest Yard

2005·1h 53m·★ 6.4·Peter Segal

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Cool Hand Luke

1967·2h 7m·★ 8.0·Stuart Rosenberg

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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

1932·1h 32m·★ 8.2·Mervyn LeRoy

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South Central

1992·1h 39m·★ 6.8·Stephen Milburn Anderson

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Lock Up

1989·1h 49m·★ 6.4·John Flynn

Themes: prison warden, prisonFans also likedCrime & Drama

Mrs. Soffel

1984·1h 52m·★ 6.1·Gillian Armstrong

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Snitch

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2003·2h 11m·★ 8.1·Bong Joon Ho

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A Better Tomorrow

1986·1h 35m·★ 7.4·John Woo

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Pusher II

2004·1h 40m·★ 7.3·Nicolas Winding Refn

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New Trial

2017·1h 59m·★ 6.8·Kim Tae-yun

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Dead Presidents

1995·1h 59m·★ 6.9·Albert Hughes

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The Zodiac

2005·1h 32m·★ 5.3·Alexander Bulkley

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White Heat

1949·1h 54m·★ 8.1·Raoul Walsh

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All the President's Men

1976·2h 18m·★ 7.9·Alan J. Pakula

Both star Robert Redford & Jane Alexander

The Olsen Gang Sees Red

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Brute Force

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