bakes05 rated it 10/10Aug 22, 2026
Holy crap, this is insane
About
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.
The Popcorn verdict
Prisoners is rated 9.0 out of 10 by 207 Popcorn members, each of whom rated it after watching. That is well above its 8.1 on TMDB — Popcorn members like it more than the wider internet does.
Details
- Director
- Denis Villeneuve
- Writer
- Aaron Guzikowski
- Starring
- Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Terrence Howard, Melissa Leo, Paul Dano, Dylan Minnette
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, Crime
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