Movies like Chain Gang Girls (2007)
The best movies like Chain Gang Girls (2007) are Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972), Convict (2014) and Never Back Down: Revolt (2021). If Chain Gang Girls hooked you with its action, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedUndisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006)7.4/10 from 987 votes
- NewestLion Fist (2026)Released 2026
- In JapaneseFemale Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)Also in Japanese
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisConvict (2014)
Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his fiance. He soon realizes that the prison boss has it in for him and does everything possible to break Ray even going after his fiance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNever Back Down: Revolt (2021)
An amateur fighter is lured by a trafficking syndicate specializing in elite underground fighting where her brutal captor forces her to fight or face certain death.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFemale Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)
After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cahoots with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIn Hell (2003)
A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLion Fist (2026)
Martial arts fighter Joe goes to prison for four years and takes his wife's blame for a drug bust. After his release, he learns that his son needs expensive surgery because of a life-threatening tumor. Joe's only chance to save him: a brutal all-styles tournament with a $100,000 prize.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFemale Yakuza Tale (1973)
Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, fighting both the male yakuzas and a gang of female thieves.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHow to Rob a Bank (2007)
Caught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisDead Leaves (2004)
Pandy and Retro awaken naked on Earth with no recollection of their past. They embark on a crime spree in search of food and clothing, but are captured by authorities and sent to the infamous lunar penitentiary named Dead Leaves.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisK-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces (2008)
In an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class and the dirt poor masses. The city is thrown into a state of panic when a phantom thief called “The Kaijin (Fiend) with 20 Faces” (K-20 for short) begins to use his mysterious abilities to steal from the rich and give to the poor. One day a circus acrobat named Heikichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) is framed for K-20’s crimes and becomes determined to clear his name. He teams up with K-20’s next target, a wealthy duchess named Yoko Hashiba (Takako Matsu) and her detective fiancé (Toru Nakamura), to take K-20 down once and for all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Enforcer (1976)
Dirty Harry Callahan returns again, this time saddled with a rookie female partner. Together, they must stop a terrorist group consisting of angry Vietnam veterans.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSavage Streets (1984)
Brenda, vivacious leader of the "Satins", a fun-loving group of pretty high school girls, searches for deadly vengeance against the gang members who assaulted her deaf-mute sister.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Kitchen (2019)
The mobster husbands of three 1978 Hell's Kitchen housewives are sent to prison by the FBI. Left with little but a sharp ax to grind, the ladies take the Irish mafia's matters into their own hands — proving unexpectedly adept at everything from running the rackets to taking out the competition… literally.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Enforcer (2022)
A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to save the young girl from the deadly organization he’s spent his life building.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisUndisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006)
Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the jailhouse fighting champ Uri Boyka in a battle to the death. This time he is not fighting for a title, he is fighting for his life!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe System (2022)
When a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison in order to figure out what is really going on.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAlive (2003)
Tenshu is imprisoned and sentenced to death for murdering the men who raped his girlfriend. However, he manages to survive his execution and is presented with an option: face another execution attempt or subject himself to their bizarre and dangerous experiments.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisOne Mile: Chapter Two (2026)
Former special forces operative Danny is forced back onto a remote island when a violent, secretive community takes revenge by abducting his daughter Alex, launching a relentless hunt against enemies prepared for his every move.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSex and Fury (1973)
Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by unique tattoos on their backs (a deer, a boar, and a butterfly). Along the way, she also crosses paths with Shunosuke, a radical set on murdering prominent politician Kurokawa, and Christina, an American spy posing as a gambler.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Shipment (2021)
A former U.S. Navy Seal is forced to become the international criminal he once fought against when a powerful and violent drug cartel kidnaps his wife and daughter.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVirgins in the Tiger Cage (1984)
Young women are kidnapped and held prisoner at a remote slave labor camp in the jungle, where they're forced to don skimpy outfits while trying to fend off lecherous guards, a whip-wielding lez warden and other types usually found in this kind of movie. There's torture, botched escapes, attempted rapes, etc. leading up to the obligatory break-out conclusion.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Nokezoru onna (1980)
A female prisoner escapes from the law but she can’t escape from her carnal desires.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Double Agent 73 (1974)
A surgically enhanced super-spy is sent to dismantle a heroin ring, snapping photos of every kill with a camera hidden in her breasts - only to discover the man she’s falling for is the target she’s been hunting all along.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
The Lord of the G-Strings: The Femaleship of the String (2003)
In the mythical realm of Diddle Earth, delectable Throbbit Bildo Saggins, is sent by Smirnoff the Wizard to destroy the legendary G-String - the most powerful weapon in the land.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Sabel Is Still Young (2022)
The married life of Sabel and Brian was cut short when three men rape her and kill Brian in their honeymoon. Surviving from the crime, she vows to let the culprits experience hell.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
SpiderBabe (2003)
A socially awkward young woman gets bitten by a radioactive spider and becomes a crime-fighting superhero and tries to defeat a nefarious super villain while going after any man (or woman) she wants to bed down with.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisRod Steele 0014: You Only Live Until You Die (1997)
Rod Steele (aka Agent 0014) is anything but the world's greatest super spy, but when diabolical villainess Tangerina threatens the world again, he's the world's last and only hope.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Dangerous Cargo (1977)
A pirate takes over a munitions ship, killing the captain, and when the crew mutinies and abandons ship, is left aboard with the captain's widow.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Naked Lies (1998)
FBI agent Cara Landry is sent on an undercover assignment to gather evidence on Damian Medina, a Mexican casino owner running a counterfeiting operation for the Cali drug cartel...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Room Salon College Girls 3 (2020)
Hee-jung, a college student, uses up a lot of money on Bitcoin and so she can't pay back her friend, Joo-yeong. Worried, she came to work at a room salon and pays off the money she borrowed. Seeing how Hee-jung is, Joo-yeong tells her she wants to work at the room salon, too. Eventually, they both became aces! Until the vacation ends, they are slowly getting money, their hot services are attracting more and more customers...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Chain Gang Girls?
The closest matches to Chain Gang Girls are Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972), Convict (2014) and Never Back Down: Revolt (2021). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Chain Gang Girls?
Start with Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972), the closest match to Chain Gang Girls.
What is the highest-rated movie like Chain Gang Girls?
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006), rated 7.4/10 by 987 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Chain Gang Girls?
Lion Fist (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like Chain Gang Girls?
Yes: Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972), Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972) and Female Yakuza Tale (1973).
How are movies similar to Chain Gang Girls chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Chain Gang Girls, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.