Prisoners
How far would you go to protect your child?
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
Produced by Alcon Entertainment, 8:38 Productions
A morally corrosive psychological thriller about a father's descent into vigilante brutality and a detective's pursuit of truth, both consumed by obsession in a child abduction case.
After his six-year-old daughter is abducted, a desperate father takes justice into his own hands when he loses faith in the detective leading the investigation, setting both men on a collision course as the search descends into obsession and moral compromise.
Clusters
Where to watch
Questions people ask
Is Prisoners scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 97% of films.
Is Prisoners easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.
Is Prisoners sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.
Is Prisoners violent? Yes. More violent than 88% of films.
Does Prisoners end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% 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.
Written about
Cinnamon Score
How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
There is almost nothing else like this.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Everything like Prisoners, and what each one shares →
Like Prisoners
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Prisoners
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Prisoners, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Prisoners, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Prisoners, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
