Movies Like Caged

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

Brute Force

1947·1h 38m·★ 7.5·Jules Dassin

Themes: prison riot, prison guard, film noirFans also likedCrime & Drama

Yield to the Night

1956·1h 39m·★ 7.1·J. Lee Thompson

Themes: women's prison, prison guard, film noirFans also likedDrama & Crime

Riot in Cell Block 11

1954·1h 20m·★ 7.0·Don Siegel

Themes: prison riot, film noirFans also likedCrime & Drama

A Kiss Before Dying

1956·1h 34m·★ 6.7·Gerd Oswald

Themes: pregnancy, film noirFans also likedDrama & Crime

White Heat

1949·1h 54m·★ 8.1·Raoul Walsh

Themes: prison, film noirFans also likedCrime & Drama

Cry of the City

1948·1h 35m·★ 7.2·Robert Siodmak

Both star Betty Garde & Hope EmersonFans also likedCrime & Drama

The Maltese Falcon

1941·1h 40m·★ 7.9·John Huston

TMDB recommendsStarring Lee Patrick

M

1931·1h 50m·★ 8.3·Fritz Lang

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Birdman of Alcatraz

1962·2h 27m·★ 7.8·John Frankenheimer

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Scarface

1932·1h 33m·★ 7.7·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Between Two Worlds

1944·1h 52m·★ 7.1·Edward A. Blatt

DP: Carl E. GuthrieStarring Eleanor Parker

Strangers on a Train

1951·1h 41m·★ 7.9·Alfred Hitchcock

TMDB recommends

The Color Purple

1985·2h 34m·★ 7.7·Steven Spielberg

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Talk to Her

2002·1h 52m·★ 7.9·Pedro Almodóvar

TMDB recommends

The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

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Sweet Smell of Success

1957·1h 37m·★ 8.0·Alexander Mackendrick

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Lethal Weapon

1987·1h 50m·★ 7.6·Richard Donner

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You Only Live Once

1937·1h 26m·★ 7.2·Fritz Lang

Fans also likedCrime & Drama

Meet Me in St. Louis

1944·1h 54m·★ 7.5·Vincente Minnelli

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The Damned Don't Cry

1950·1h 43m·★ 7.1·Vincent Sherman

Fans also likedCrime & Drama

How Good Is Caged?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.