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Prisoners

Aug 16, 2026

Director: Denis Villeneuve
Rating: ★★★★
Year: 2013
Language: English

About this film

Denis Villeneuve directs this 2013 crime thriller, written by Aaron Guzikowski. Hugh Jackman plays a father whose young daughter is abducted in Pennsylvania alongside a friend's child. After police arrest and then release a suspect, played by Paul Dano, he loses faith in the detective leading the case, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, and begins searching on his own. Viola Davis, Maria Bello and Terrence Howard also star. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in August 2013.

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