Prisoners
How far would you go to protect your child?
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.
- Director
- Denis Villeneuve
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $122M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Prisoners actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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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.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Prisoners appears in 9 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Denis Villeneuve Movies Ranked #3
Placed at #3 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Best Detective Movies Ranked #6
Placed at #6 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Best Movies of the 2010s Ranked #21
Placed at #21 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 100 Crime Movies Ranked #22
Placed at #22 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Crime Movies Ranked #23
Placed at #23 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Best Psychological Thrillers Ranked #23
Placed at #23 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Thriller Movies Ranked #27
Placed at #27 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 100 Mind-Bending Movies Ranked #45
Placed at #45 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #89
Placed at #89 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
1 win · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Cinematography
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Prisoners returned 2.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $46M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $122M
- Release date
- Sep 19, 2013
- Runtime
- 2h 33m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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