Prisoners

97.0/100 The way Denis Villeneuve is able to persuade an audience to express such intense emotion needs to be studied. Prisoners by all accounts is heralded as one of the greatest thrillers of the current century, providing us with some of Paul Dano, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Hugh Jackman's greatest performances to date. The film is shot in a way that gives the feel of a crime documentary providing a sense of modernized realism that adds to the already horrifying story of man searching for his daughter. The film challenges the limits of humanity when shown blatant psychotic cruelty as well providing some of the most real emotions of grief you will find in film. I just got done reading a review thread of two men ripping each other apart debating if this film is one of the best of all time or recency bias. I'm here to say that over a decade later this film still scares me to point of no return. My Top 25 Thriller Films of all timeMy Top 25 Drama Films of all timeMy Top 25 Crime Films of all timeMy 5 star filmsEvery Film Watched in April 2024 RankedMy Top 25 Films of the 2010s