Movies Like Life Sentence

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

The Holy Inquisition

1974·2h 7m·★ 7.1·Arturo Ripstein

2 shared crewDir. Arturo RipsteinDP: Jorge Stahl Jr.

Cash on Demand

1961·1h 20m·★ 7.5·Quentin Lawrence

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Breakdown

1997·1h 33m·★ 7.0·Jonathan Mostow

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

The Bank Job

2008·1h 52m·★ 7.2·Roger Donaldson

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Gangster No. 1

2000·1h 43m·★ 6.7·Paul McGuigan

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Highway Patrolman

1991·1h 44m·★ 7.1·Alex Cox

Both star Pedro Armendáriz Jr. & Ernesto Gómez CruzDrama & Crime

The Square

2008·1h 45m·★ 6.7·Nash Edgerton

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

The Undercover Man

1949·1h 25m·★ 6.6·Joseph H. Lewis

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Dirty Deeds

2002·1h 38m·★ 6.2·David Caesar

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

The Gangster

1947·1h 24m·★ 6.5·Gordon Wiles

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

The Asphalt Jungle

1950·1h 53m·★ 7.8·John Huston

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The Unforgivable

2021·1h 52m·★ 7.2·Nora Fingscheidt

Fans also likedDrama & Crime

Experiment in Terror

1962·2h 3m·★ 7.3·Blake Edwards

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Above the Rim

1994·1h 36m·★ 6.6·Jeff Pollack

Fans also likedCrime & Drama

Cry of the City

1948·1h 35m·★ 7.2·Robert Siodmak

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Lost in Beijing

2007·1h 52m·★ 6.7·Li Yu

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The Valachi Papers

1972·2h 5m·★ 6.4·Terence Young

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The Salvation

2014·1h 32m·★ 6.7·Kristian Levring

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Mob Town

2019·1h 30m·★ 4.7·Danny A. Abeckaser

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Òlòtūré

2019·1h 46m·★ 5.6·Kenneth Gyang

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How Good Is Life Sentence?

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