Five Years

Five Years

5 Years

Directed by Stefan Schaller

Produced by teamWorx

201387 min6.3 / 10

A harrowing biographical investigation into the psychological and physical torment of an unjustly imprisoned man, grounded in documentary inquiry and existential despair.

How Murat Kurnaz ended up in Guantanamo Bay is a mysterious story. 5 YEARS investigates the psychological aspect of this endless and unjustified "imprisonment" where Kurnaz had to endure never ending physical and psychological torture.

Questions people ask

  • Is Five Years sad? Yes, very. More sad than 98% of films.

  • Is Five Years scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Five Years easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Does Five Years end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Five Years violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Cinnamon Score

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Rarity56

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Surprise36

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Love35

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Five Years, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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