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IMDb rating 8.2
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Critic rating 7.1

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Emilie Hundborg
rated 10

I hate it and love it at the same story. So heartbreaking to watch but I just couldn’t stop watching

3 months ago
Kasper Løvborg
rated 9

The direction and the performances are absolutely amazing. I don't usually go for big acting, but it worked for me in this movie. If there's anything wrong with it it's that, in the end, it perhaps doesn't live up completely to...

3 years ago
Critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
rated 6

...works as a formally controlled genre piece.

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Sheila O'Malley
rated 5

We meet a lot of creeps in Prisoners, and you get the sense that Detective Loki could have been one of them if he hadn't become a cop.

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Caroline Hjortshøj
rated 9

Really good movie. The plot and acting is good

1 year ago
Critic Dan Jolin
rated 6

A decent, cogent, greyly atmospheric thriller with something to say about War-On-Terror America.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Paul Macinnes
rated 8

...a masterful thriller that is also an engrossing study of a smalltown America battered by recession, fear and the unrelenting elements.

Read full review at The Guardian
Max Delér
rated 9

Really dark and anxiety-inducing but the acting and script is absolutely top-class. Definitely watchworthy

5 years ago

Cast & Crew

Melissa Leo
As Holly Jones
Jake Gyllenhaal
As Detective Loki
Viola Davis
As Nancy Birch
Maria Bello
As Grace Dover
Dennis Christopher
As Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Paul Dano
As Alex Jones

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What is Prisoners about? Toggle content

A desperate father takes matters into his own hands when his 6-year-old daughter and her friend go missing, and the only lead is an old motorhome that had been parked on their street. As he delves deeper into the investigation, he uncovers a dark and twisted plot that threatens to tear his family apart. With time running out and the police unable to help, he must use all his wits and resources to rescue his daughter and uncover the truth. But as he gets closer to the truth, he realizes that nothing is as it seems, and the culprit may be closer than he thinks. Will he be able to save his daughter before it's too late?

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What movies are similar to Prisoners? Toggle content

Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Prisoners include Unthinkable, Secret in Their Eyes, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, The Lincoln Lawyer, The Town, The Accountant.

When was Prisoners released in theaters? Toggle content

Prisoners was released in theaters on September 20, 2013.