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The Green Mile (1999)

4.30 Stars

Crime, Drama, Fantasy

The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift.

1930s, Death Row, Death Row Inmate, Good Versus Evil, Prison Guard, Accused Of Murder

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

No Doubt: It's My Life

3.70 Stars

Crime, Drama, Short

In the official music video for No Doubt's cover of "It's My Life", Gwen Stefani is a black widow being tried for the murder of three husbands, portrayed by her bandmates.

Similarity: 5.74 (Similar)

1930s, 2000s Song, Cover Song, Executed In A Gas Chamber, Prison Uniform

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Into the Abyss (2012)

3.65 Stars

Crime, Documentary, Drama

Conversations with death row inmate Michael Perry and those affected by his crime serve as an examination of why people - and the state - kill.

Similarity: 5.67 (Similar)

Death Row, Drugs, Friend, Nihilism, Texas, Crime Documentary

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Last Light (1993)

3.15 Stars

Action, Drama, Thriller

A killer on death row finds an unlikely friend in a prison guard.

Similarity: 5.52 (Similar)

Death Row, Prison, Prison Guard

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

I Want to Live! (1959)

3.75 Stars

Biography, Crime, Drama

A prostitute, sentenced to death for murder, pleads her innocence.

Similarity: 5.31 (Similar)

Courtroom Drama, Death Row, Execution Of Woman, Jazz Score, True Crime

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Just Mercy (2020)

3.80 Stars

Biography, Crime, Drama

World-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson works to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner.

Similarity: 5.30 (Similar)

Death Penalty, Death Row, Execution, Lawyer, Prison

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Charlie Chan in London (1934)

3.50 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Charlie visits a wealthy country home in England. Suspects in the murder range from a housekeeper, to a stableman, to a lawyer.

Similarity: 5.28 (Similar)

1930s, Charlie Chan Character, Four Word Title, Home Secretary, Murder

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Clear and Present Danger (1994)

3.45 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.

Similarity: 5.27 (Similar)

Colombia, Colombian Drug Cartel, Drugs, Good Versus Evil, Jack Ryan Character, Corrupt Politician, Drug Cartel

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

The Chamber (1996)

3.00 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

A young man fresh out of law school tries to win a reprieve for his racist grandfather who is on death row.

Similarity: 5.26 (Similar)

Attorney, Death Row, Death Sentence, Ku Klux Klan, Racist

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Lost Behind Bars (2009)

2.65 Stars

Crime, Drama

A reporter tracing the effect of the death penalty stumbles across a murder mystery and a potentially innocent man set for execution.

Similarity: 5.18 (Similar)

Death Row, Documentary Filmmaker, Infidelity, Jail, Prison

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

The Paperboy (2012)

2.85 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

A reporter returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate.

Similarity: 5.14 (Similar)

Death Row Inmate, Florida, Paperboy, Prison, Reporter

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Kansas City (1996)

3.15 Stars

Crime, Drama, Music

A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.

Similarity: 5.10 (Similar)

1930s, Breasts, Female Frontal Nudity, Kansas City Missouri, Scantily Clad Female

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Kathakali (2016)

3.30 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

A man blamed for the murder of a local don must evade everyone hunting him down and find out the killer himself.

Similarity: 5.09 (Similar)

Accused Of Murder, Common Man, Fight, On The Run, Police

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

True Crime (1999)

3.30 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Can an over-the-hill journalist uncover the evidence that can prove a death row inmate's innocence just hours before his execution?

Similarity: 5.03 (Similar)

Death Row, Execution, Movie Flop, Needle, Reporter, Scene During End Credits

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Ramyug (2021)

3.20 Stars

Action, Drama, Fantasy, Short

Movie is adaptation of the epic Ramayana.

Similarity: 4.97 (Slightly Similar)

Epic, Good Versus Evil, Tv Series

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)

3.60 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Hired to investigate forged bonds, Charlie is thwarted by the murder of his undercover agent, but the arrival of son Lee helps him uncover the true culprits.

Similarity: 4.91 (Slightly Similar)

1930s, Charlie Chan Character, Four Word Title, France, French Third Republic

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)

3.55 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

A former boxer-turned-drug runner lands in a prison battleground after a deal gets deadly.

Similarity: 4.84 (Slightly Similar)

Drugs, Prison, Prison Guard, Revenge, Violence

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

3.30 Stars

Crime, Drama, Romance

The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.

Similarity: 4.84 (Slightly Similar)

1930s, Adultery, Great Depression, Lifting Up Dress, Neo Noir

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Time Without Pity (1957)

3.40 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

The day before a young man is to be executed for killing his girlfriend, his alcoholic father shows up to try to prove his innocence.

Similarity: 4.81 (Slightly Similar)

Alcoholism, British Noir, Cover Up Plot, Death Row, Murder

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Le trou (1960)

4.25 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Distrust and uncertainty arise when four long-term inmates cautiously induct a new prisoner into their elaborate prison-break scheme.

Similarity: 4.73 (Slightly Similar)

Convict, Digging, Escape From Prison, Jail Cell, Prison Guard, Corridor, Prison Warden, Young Man

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Shadow on the Wall (1950)

3.35 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

A woman impulsively murders her sister after discovering she has been having an affair with her fiancé, and later plans on killing the little girl who may have witnessed the crime.

Similarity: 4.71 (Slightly Similar)

Child In Peril, Crime Wave, Death Row, Psychotronic Film, Shooting A Woman, Marital Infidelity, Stepmother, Unfaithful Wife

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Hoodlum (1997)

3.15 Stars

Crime, Drama

Black gangsters in 1930 Harlem fights Dutch Schultz who is trying to horn in on their numbers racket.

Similarity: 4.70 (Slightly Similar)

1930s, Gangster, Great Depression, Irish American, Street Shootout

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

4.20 Stars

Crime, Drama

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

Similarity: 4.68 (Slightly Similar)

Corrupt Police, Female Nudity, Gangster, Police Corruption, Prohibition, Female Rear Nudity, Sex Scene, 1930s

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Ricco (1973)

3.10 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

After 2 years in prison Ricco is released and on a path of vengeance. His father, the head of a mafia family, is gunned down by the ambitious Don Vito and now Ricco is looking to settle the score.

Similarity: 4.67 (Slightly Similar)

Giallo, Good Versus Evil, Italian Cinema, Psychopath, Spanish Giallo

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage (1926)

4.05 Stars

Drama, Fantasy, Horror

The demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul.

Similarity: 4.66 (Slightly Similar)

Deal With The Devil, Faust, Good Versus Evil, Monster Movie, Seduction, Expressionism, German, Selling Soul

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Coup de torchon (1981)

3.75 Stars

Comedy, Crime, Drama

A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life - and resorts to drastic means to do so.

Similarity: 4.66 (Slightly Similar)

1930s, French Colonial, French West Africa, Scantily Clad Woman, Woman In Jeopardy, Breasts, Female Full Frontal Nudity, Female Removes Her Clothes, Lust

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Last Man Standing (1996)

3.20 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

A drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town.

Similarity: 4.65 (Slightly Similar)

1930s, Bar Shootout, Gang Warfare, Mob Violence, Neo Noir

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Midnight (1934)

2.75 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

The foreman of a jury asks questions that send a woman to the electric chair for a murder committed in the heat of passion. On the night of the execution, his actions come back to haunt him.

Similarity: 4.64 (Slightly Similar)

1930s, Damsel In Distress, Deception, Jury Foreman, Pre Code Film

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950)

3.05 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

A young man is wrongly convicted and sentenced to be executed. Reporters covering the execution relate the story, each from his own perspective.

Similarity: 4.63 (Slightly Similar)

Death Row, Electric Chair, Faith, Fingerprint, Impostor

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Hard Times (1975)

3.60 Stars

Crime, Drama, Sport

The adventures of a drifter turned illegal prize-fighter during the Depression Era in New Orleans.

Similarity: 4.54 (Slightly Similar)

1930s, Drifter, Great Depression, Prizefighting, Street Fighter

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Budapest Noir (2017)

3.05 Stars

Crime, Drama, History

A murder mystery set in Budapest, 1936. Just as Hungary was preparing to allign itself with Hitler, a young beautiful girl is found dead and no one wants to investigate - except Gordon a crime reporter who has a gut feeling that thin

Similarity: 4.53 (Slightly Similar)

Brothel, Female Full Rear Nudity, Female Nudity, Knocked Unconscious, Topless Female Nudity, 1930s, Murder Mystery

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

The Last Hangman (2006)

3.70 Stars

Biography, Crime, Drama

The life and times of Albert Pierrepoint - Britain's most prolific hangman.

Similarity: 4.51 (Slightly Similar)

Capital Punishment, Death, Death Sentence, Executor, Hangman, Death Row, Looking At Oneself In A Mirror, Miscarriage Of Justice, British Justice

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Execution (2013)

3.85 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

At the beginning of our story it's 1995 and two fledgling filmmakers, Richard and Daniel, are on their way to make a documentary about life in prison. As a favor to Richard's uncle, the warden has given the filmmakers and their crew

Similarity: 4.46 (Slightly Similar)

Death Row, Electric Chair, Execution, Murder, Prison

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)

3.35 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation, Charlie discovers that the body of the expedition's leader concealed inside the mummy's wrappings.

Similarity: 4.42 (Slightly Similar)

1930s, Charlie Chan Character, Cigar Smoking, Four Word Title, Tomb

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Crashout (1955)

3.50 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

The survivors of a prison break set out on an arduous journey to retrieve some loot.

Similarity: 4.41 (Slightly Similar)

Murder, Prison, Prison Guard, Rifle, Scene During Opening Credits

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Asesinato en el senado de la nación (1984)

3.50 Stars

Crime, Drama, History

In the Argentine of 1930s, Senator Lisandro de la Torre investigated a case of corruption in the export of meat, discovering a fraudulent plot between the national government and the British Empire, which will endanger his life.

Similarity: 4.41 (Slightly Similar)

1930s, Argentina, Male Frontal Nudity, Male Nudity, Politics

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Suspiria (2018)

3.35 Stars

Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Drama

A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up

Similarity: 4.40 (Slightly Similar)

1970s, Good Versus Evil, Mysterious Disappearance, Telepathy, Witches' Coven

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)

3.45 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a prominent official is murdered at a banquet honoring Charle Chan, the detective and son Lee team up to expose an opium-smuggling ring.

Similarity: 4.39 (Slightly Similar)

1930s, Charlie Chan Character, Four Word Title, Opium Smuggling, Scotch Whiskey

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

The Departed (2006)

4.25 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller, Action

An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.

Similarity: 4.37 (Slightly Similar)

Irish American, Irish Mafia, Mobster, Organized Crime, Police, Scene Of The Crime

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

The Highwaymen (2019)

3.45 Stars

Biography, Crime, Drama

The untold true story of the legendary detectives who brought down Bonnie and Clyde.

Similarity: 4.37 (Slightly Similar)

1930s, Based On True Story, Bonnie And Clyde, Coffeyville Kansas, Texas Ranger

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Public Hero Number 1 (1935)

3.35 Stars

Crime, Drama

A G-man goes undercover to infiltrate a gang, helping the group's leader escape from prison to gain his trust.

Similarity: 4.37 (Slightly Similar)

1930s, Government Agent, Police Shootout, Prison Escape, Purple Gang

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Persons in Hiding (1939)

3.30 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

A beautiful but greedy woman teams up with a small-time hoodlum to become two of the most wanted criminals in the country.

Similarity: 4.36 (Slightly Similar)

1930s, B Movie, Damsel In Distress, Double Feature Film, Fbi Federal Bureau Of Investigation

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Screwed (2011)

2.80 Stars

Crime, Drama

The film is a semi-biographical story based on the experiences of former prison guard Ronnie Thompson who spent seven years working in some of the UK's most dangerous prisons. Based on Thompson's book of the same name, the project st

Similarity: 4.35 (Slightly Similar)

Black British, British, Prison Guard, Prison Officer, Ptsd Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Wo ping fan dim (1995)

3.10 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

A retired old west killer sets up a hotel for vagrants and wayward souls called Peace Hotel. When a woman with a gang on her tail attempts to hide there the owner of the hotel must revert to his old ways to protect his hotel.

Similarity: 4.32 (Slightly Similar)

1930s, Chinese Western, Hong Kong Western, Spaghetti Western, Spaghetti Western Imitation

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Revolt in the Big House (1958)

3.15 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

Gannon is an imprisoned racketeer kingpin who tries to manipulate his young cell mate into staging a riot and prison break, but the cell mate tries to back out when he realizes other inmates may be killed in the process.

Similarity: 4.28 (Slightly Similar)

1950s, Cell Mate, Prison Cell, Prison Guard, Warden

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Lassiter (1984)

2.95 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

A handsome jewel thief is arrested and in order to avoid prison, must break into the heavily guarded German Embassy to steal millions in gems.

Similarity: 4.19 (Slightly Similar)

1930s, Female Rear Nudity, Jewel Thief, Nazi, Robbery

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Tian tang kou (2007)

2.75 Stars

Action, Drama, Crime

Set in Shanghai during the 1930s, the story is inspired by John Woo's classic work Bullet in the Head, released in 1990.

Similarity: 4.12 (Slightly Similar)

1930s, Betrayal, Drunkenness, Loyalty, Shootout, Timeframe 1930s

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Bonnie and Clyde

3.90 Stars

Action, Biography, Crime

Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.

Similarity: 4.03 (Slightly Similar)

1930s, Bank Robber, Doomed Love, Gang, On The Run, Crime Spree, Love

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Public Enemies (1996)

2.20 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Glorified and glamourized fact-based tale of Ma Barker and her boys who robbed banks and generally terrorized the Midwest in the 1930's and was eventually gunned down by g-man, Melvin Purvis.

Similarity: 3.97 (Slightly Similar)

1930s, Bank, Blood Splatter, Breasts, Fbi Federal Bureau Of Investigation

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

Gypsy (1962)

3.55 Stars

Biography, Comedy, Drama

Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.

Similarity: 3.96 (Slightly Similar)

1920s, 1930s, Burlesque, Show Business, Stripper

Similar to The Green Mile (1999)

The Usual Suspects (1995)

4.25 Stars

Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Drama

A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup.

Similarity: 3.79 (Slightly Similar)

Criminal, Criminal Mastermind, Surprise Ending, Suspect, Unreliable Narrator