20 best movies like Orange Is the New Black (2013)

List of the best movies like Orange Is the New Black (2013): I, Olga Hepnarova, I Love You Phillip Morris, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Girl Walks Into a Bar, Kajillionaire, Stockholm, Addicted to Fresno, Flower, Gridlock'd, The Whole Town's Talking.

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Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama, crime, biography
CountryCzech Republic, Poland, France, Slovakia
Duration02:18

Olga is a complex young woman desperate to break free from her unfeeling family and social conventions. With her Louise Brooks-like tomboyish looks she drags herself, chain-smoking, from one job to another until she appears to find her niche as a truck driver. Although she has female lovers she does not form a bond with any of them; instead she clashes, time and again, venting herself in wordless emotional outbursts and other behavioural extremes.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime, biography
CountryFrance, USA
Duration01:38

    Steve Russell is a small-town cop. Bored with his bland lifestyle, Russell turns to fraud as a means of shaking things up. Before long, Russell's criminal antics have landed him behind bars, where he encounters the charismatic Phillip Morris. Smitten, Russell devotes his entire life to being with Morris regardless of the consequences.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:42

    When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:20

    A sharp-witted comedy that follows a group of apparent strangers in interlocking stories taking place in ten different bars during the course of one evening throughout Los Angeles.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography, history
    CountryCanada, USA

    Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The events grasped the world’s attention when the hostages bonded with their captors and turned against the authorities, giving rise to the psychological phenomenon known as “Stockholm Syndrome.”

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    Two co-dependent sisters, a recovering sex addict and a lonely lesbian who work as hotel maids in Fresno, go to ludicrous lengths to cover up an accidental crime.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:12

    Rebellious, quick-witted Erica Vandross is a 17-year-old firecracker living with her single mom, Laurie, and her mom's new boyfriend, Bob, in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley. When Bob's mentally unbalanced son, Luke, arrives from rehab to live with the family, Erica finds her domestic and personal life overwhelmed. With Luke and her sidekicks Kala and Claudine in tow, Erica acts out by exposing a high school teacher's dark secret.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being chased by drug dealers and the police.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:33

    Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He's never late for work and nothing interesting ever happens to him. One day everything changes: he oversleeps and is fired as an example, he's then mistaken for evil criminal killer Mannion and is arrested. The resemblance is so striking that the police give him a special pass to avoid a similar mistake. The real Mannion sees the opportunity to steal the pass and move around freely and chaos results.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:33

    The true story of Forrest Tucker, from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are a detective, who becomes captivated with Forrest’s commitment to his craft, and a woman, who loves him in spite of his chosen profession.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:01

    In this rough-and-tumble yarn, actually filmed on-location at the Georgia State Prision, the cons are the heroes and the guards are the heavies. Eddie Albert is the sadistic warden who'll gladly make any sacrifice to push his guards' semi-pro football team to a national championship.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:50

    Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to illegal activity. They both have great hope for Adam, Vito's son and Jessie's grandson, who is bright, good-looking, and without a criminal past.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    Hours after his release from prison, Jesus Quintana pairs up with fellow misfits Petey and Marie for a freewheeling joyride of petty crime and romance.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, military
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero, but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in his own country.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:34

    After spending 12 years in prison for keeping his mouth shut, notorious safe-cracker Dom Hemingway is back on the streets of London looking to collect what he's owed.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryRomania, USA, Italy, Poland, France
    Duration01:50

    A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of bank robbers to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:00

    College has always been a time for experimentation, sexual, cultural and otherwise. "Harvard Man" plays out against a background of love, sex, basketball, crime and experimentation. Action and philosophy in young people's quest to discover their true identity.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    Interconnected stories are told entirely through images captured on security cameras in storage rooms, police cars, parking lots, shopping malls and other locations. Store manager Tony has affairs with the women who work under him, high schooler Sherri schemes to seduce teacher Berry, a pedophile stalks his next victim at a mall food court and two thieves go on a killing spree that links to other tales witnessed by the unseen electronic eyes.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrecomedy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    Set in the world of mega-churches in which a former Deadhead-turned-born again-Christian finds himself on the run from fundamentalist members of his mega-church who will do anything to protect their larger-than-life pastor.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

    When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved brother, and a crew of misfit characters force him on a journey where a fortune awaits him.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, West Germany
    Duration01:47

    A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

    A dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows no interest in paying the $1 million dollar ransom for her safe return.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, USA
    Duration01:33

    A bigoted junkie cop suffering from bipolar disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration04:55

    Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA

    A superintendent of a school district works for the betterment of the student’s education when an embezzlement scheme is discovered, threatening to destroy everything.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Puerto Rico

    FBI informant Jim Hoffman lures troubled automobile magnate John DeLorean to an undercover sting for cocaine trafficking.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrecomedy, drama, musical
    CountryUSA

    After the PTA of a conservative high school in Indiana bans same-sex couples from attending the annual prom, a gang of flamboyant Broadway stars try to boost their image by showing up to support two lesbian students.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:27

    Based on a stranger than fiction true story, King Cobra is a deliciously dark, twisted plunge into the behind-the-scenes world of the pornography industry. A young Sean Paul Lockhart (using the stage name 'Brent Corrigan') is a fresh-faced wannabe adult video performer. He is moulded into a star by Stephen (aka Bryan Kocis), a closeted gay porn mogul who runs the skin flick empire Cobra Video from his seemingly ordinary suburban home. But as Brent’s rise and demands for money put him at odds with his boss, he also attracts the attention of a rival producer, Joseph Kerekes, and his unstable lover, Harlow Cuadra, who will stop at nothing to squash Cobra Video and steal its number one star.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

    An overlooked pencil-pusher catches her husband in bed with another woman, the shock of which causes him to die of a heart attack. So she buries his body and takes advantage of the growing celebrity status that comes from having a missing husband. But she quickly finds herself in over her head, dodging cops and criminals, all while trying to keep the truth from her sister, a local news anchor who’s desperate for a story.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, drama, music
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Canada

    A young Scottish singer, Rose-Lynn Harlan, dreams of making it as a country artist in Nashville after being released from prison.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountrySpain, Mexico

    Álvaro, a man obsessed with the idea of writing what he brands as “high literature,” manipulates the lives and feelings of the people around him to write about the consequences caused by his devious acts.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:21

    Two teenage girls in suburban Connecticut rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of growing apart. In the process, they learn that neither is what she seems to be, and that a murder might solve both of their problems.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryFrance

    In order to make his little sick brother's dream come true, Leo and his best mates organize a fake score...but on the d day, they make a mistake and the fake score becomes a real hold up.Here starts the extraordinary adventure of PUBLIC Amis.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:49

    Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:02

    When a group of underachieving 40-something friends gather in Belize to celebrate the early retirement of an old friend, a series of wild, comedic events unfold, exposing dark secrets and a web of lies, deception and murder.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    Malcolm and Sofia, two determined teens from the Bronx, are the ultimate graffiti-writers. When a rival gang buffs their latest masterpiece, they must hatch a plan to get revenge by tagging an iconic NYC landmark, but they need to raise $500 to pull off their spectacular scheme. Over the course of two whirlwind, sun-soaked summer days, Malcolm and Sofia travel on an epic urban adventure involving black market spray cans, illicit bodegas, stolen sneakers, a high stakes heist, and a beautiful, stoned girl whose necklace is literally their key to becoming the biggest writers in the City.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    Dick died last night, and Zeke and Earl don’t want anybody finding out how. That’s too bad though, cause news travels fast in small-town Alabama.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    Dissatisfied with the dishonesty they see in dating, strangers Naima and Sergio make a pact to spend 24 straight hours together in an attempt to fast forward their relationship.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    Based on true events (mostly), Freddie, a 15-year-old runaway becomes intimately acquainted with California’s “Murder City” after being released from jail, just shy of midnight. Absurdly self-reliant, completely broke and 120 miles away from her friends she has nothing to depend on but her wit and youthful charm.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:43

    High school senior Lily and her group of friends live in a haze of texts, posts, selfies and chats just like the rest of the world. So, when an anonymous hacker starts posting details from the private lives of everyone in their small town, the result is absolute madness leaving Lily and her friends questioning whether they'll live through the night.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Argentina
    Duration02:24

    Nicky, a veteran con artist, takes a novice named Jess under his wing. While Nicky teaches Jess the tricks of the trade, the pair become romantically involved; but, when Jess gets uncomfortably close, Nicky ends their relationship. Three years later, Nicky is in Buenos Aires working a very dangerous scheme when Jess -- now an accomplished femme fatale -- unexpectedly shows up. Her appearance throws Nicky for a loop at a time when he cannot afford to be off his game.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    Claire is under the grip of a mysterious new cult called Faults. Desperate to be reunited with their daughter, Claire's parents recruit one of the world's foremost experts on mind control, Ansel Roth.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Romania
    Duration01:43

    While traveling abroad, a guy falls for a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in her violent, charismatic ex.




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