Movies like Prison Train
If Prison Train's mix of prison, gangster and train stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Prison Train's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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White Heat
1949 · Directed by Raoul Walsh · 114 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: prison, gangster, train · Also crime and drama
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
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GoodFellas
1990 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 145 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: prison, gangster · Also drama and crime
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
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The Informer
2019 · Directed by Andrea Di Stefano · 109 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: prison, gangster · Also drama and crime
In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the…
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Gangster No. 1
2000 · Directed by Paul McGuigan · 103 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: prison, gangster · Also drama and crime
An old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls when he was a young punk and who joined Freddie's gang—a man he both envied and ultimately…
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The Departed
2006 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 151 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: gangster · Also drama and crime
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise.
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Heat
1995 · Directed by Michael Mann · 170 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: gangster · Also crime and drama
Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest.
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Donnie Brasco
1997 · Directed by Mike Newell · 127 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: gangster · Also crime and drama
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
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Miller's Crossing
1990 · Directed by Joel Coen · 115 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: gangster · Also drama and crime
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
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Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
2019 · Directed by Joe Berlinger · 111 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: prison · Also drama and crime
A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
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Shot Caller
2017 · Directed by Ric Roman Waugh · 121 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: prison · Also crime and drama
A newly-released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.
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Gloria
1980 · Directed by John Cassavetes · 122 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: gangster · Also crime and drama
When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.
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Public Enemies
2009 · Directed by Michael Mann · 140 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: gangster · Also crime and drama
Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI.