Movies like Zig Zag
If Zig Zag's mix of prison, escape and prison cell stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Zig Zag's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Directed by Frank Darabont · 142 min8.7
Why you'll like itShares: prison, prison cell, framed for murder · Also drama and crime
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden.
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The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Directed by Charles Laughton · 93 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: prison · Also crime and drama
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
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Brute Force
1947 · Directed by Jules Dassin · 98 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: prison cell · Also crime and drama
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's…
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Straight Time
1978 · Directed by Ulu Grosbard · 114 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: prison · Also crime and drama · From the same decade (1970s)
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.
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Now You See Me 2
2016 · Directed by Jon M. Chu · 129 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: prison · Also crime and thriller
One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off…