Movies about punishment

Movies about punishment
List of the best films about punishment according to the audience: Would You Rather, The Damned, Family Weekend, Havenhurst, The Mustang, The Devil's Carnival, Storks, Reaper, Return to Paradise, The Experiment.

In the top there are new films of 2020, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Genre
Country
Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:33

    Desperate to help her ailing brother, a young woman agrees to compete in a deadly game of "Would You Rather," hosted by a sadistic aristocrat.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:27

    After suffering the recent loss of his wife, David Reynolds decides to take his family on a cathartic trip to her home village in Columbia. While en route, they get into a car accident and seek refuge in a secluded inn. While there they find a mysterious young girl, Ana Maria, locked up with cryptic symbols painted on the walls of her cell. Shocked by the treatment of her caretaker, the family sets Ana free only to realize that she is possessed by an evil spirit from centuries past. What’s worse, the spirit can jump from person to person, creating a deadly dynamic amongst the once loving family. Now, David must figure out a way to lock the spirit up for good before it destroys him and his family.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:32

    A troubled young woman takes up residence in a gothic apartment building where she must confront a terrifying evil.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance, Belgium, USA
    Duration02:24

    While participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates, but he learns to confront his violent past as he soothes an especially feisty horse.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrehorror, musical
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:56

    Sinners are invited to a theme park where they endure the repetition of their transgressions. What chances do a conniving kleptomaniac, a gullible teenager, and an obsessed father stand when facing their own moral failings? Lucifer and his colorful cast of singing carnies invite you to grab a ticket to The Devil’s Carnival to find out!

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

    Storks deliver babies…or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for a global internet retail giant. Junior, the company’s top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when he accidentally activates the Baby Making Machine, producing an adorable and wholly unauthorized baby girl...

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    Criminals and a beautiful but cunning hitchhiker must battle a supernatural force known as the Reaper.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:51

    Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:06

    When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Germany
    Duration01:53

    A politician's wife and the mortician who has secretly loved her for years plan to fake her death so they can run away together.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    In John Carpenter's horror classic, a psychotic murderer, institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:07

    Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row prisoner is slated to die at midnight – a man Everett has suddenly realized is innocent.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genredrama, adventure, family
    CountryGermany, USA
    Duration01:30

    The adventure unfolds as Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn - Tom's friend from the streets - witness a murder in the graveyard. Tom and Huck flee to Jackson Island and make a pact never to tell anyone about the incident. However, when the good-natured Muff Potter, who has been blamed for the murder is sentenced to death by hanging, Tom breaks his promise and returns to exonerate Muff Potter. In jun Joe, the actual murderer, makes a hasty exit from the courtroom during the trial. A short time later, Tom and Huck find references to a treasure and have to face In jun Joe again.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genredrama, western
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his former job as a lawman. Before long, he's caught up with the nine men on his hit list and starts dispensing his own brand of Wild West justice.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrecomedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:00

    Two carefree pals traveling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend , to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrefantastic, melodrama, detective
    CountryUSA

    When a charming fare named Penny climbs into his taxi cab, Harris, her world-weary driver, finds himself engaged in the only kind of courtship he can have with a passenger -- one that lasts as long as her trip. That is, right up until she disappears from the back seat without a trace. When confusion gives way to reality, he resets his meter and is instantaneously transported back to the moment when she climbed into his cab. As he and Penny find themselves trapped in an endless nighttime cab ride, with only each other for company, secrets will be revealed, truths will come to light, and Harris' entire life will be changed forever.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryGermany, USA, France
    Duration01:35

      Ninja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan, Raizo breaks free from them and vanishes. Now he waits, preparing to exact his revenge.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrehorror
      CountryUSA

      In the phantasmagorical town of Raven's End, a misguided young girl takes refuge in a decrepit old mortuary. The eccentric undertaker chronicles the strange history of the town through a series of twisted tales, each more terrifying than the last, but the young girl's world is unhinged when she discovers that the final story... is her own.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genreaction, drama, crime
      CountryDenmark, France, USA, Sweden, Belgium
      Duration01:30

      Julian, who runs a Thai boxing club as a front organization for his family's drug smuggling operation, is forced by his mother Crystal to find and kill the individual responsible for his brother's recent death.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, cartoon
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:27

      When Leela is insulted by a group of space-rednecks (like regular rednecks, but in space) she enters the Planet Express ship in a demolition derby. She emerges victorious, but when she brings the damaged ship home and the Professor sees the fuel gauge, he's enraged by the hit he's going to take at the Dark Matter pump. Now the crew have to find a way to break Mom's stranglehold on starship fuel, even if they have to wade through a Lord of the Rings-inspired fantasy-land to do it!

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genremelodrama, drama, military
      CountryItaly, USA
      Duration01:40

      On the day in 1940 that Italy enters the war, two things happen to the 12-year-old Renato: he gets his first bike, and he gets his first look at Malèna. She is a beautiful, silent outsider who's moved to this Sicilian town to be with her husband, Nico. He promptly goes off to war, leaving her to the lustful eyes of the men and the sharp tongues of the women. During the next few years, as Renato grows toward manhood, he watches Malèna suffer and prove her mettle. He sees her loneliness, then grief when Nico is reported dead, the effects of slander on her relationship with her father, her poverty and search for work, and final humiliations. Will Renato learn courage from Malèna and stand up for her?

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:40

      A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White, a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother, who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrehorror, documentary
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:28

      This historical and critical look at slasher films, which includes dozens of clips, begins with Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Prom Night. The films' directors, writers, producers, and special effects creators comment on the films' making and success. During the Reagan years, the films get gorier, budgets get smaller, and their appeal wanes. Then, Nightmare on Elm Street revives the genre. Jump to the late 90s, when Scream brings humor and TV stars into the mix.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      Artie and Diane agree to look after their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents need to leave town for work. Problems arise when the kids' 21st-century behavior collides with Artie and Diane's old-school methods.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:23

      After being fired, Rebecca hours back to her old home town to attend her friends wedding on Christmas Eve and visit her mother. But when she tries to return home she finds she must relive Christmas Eve over and over until she gets it right.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:01

      In this rough-and-tumble yarn, actually filmed on-location at the Georgia State Prision, the cons are the heroes and the guards are the heavies. Eddie Albert is the sadistic warden who'll gladly make any sacrifice to push his guards' semi-pro football team to a national championship.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      The semi-autobiographical story centers on the complexities of love and commitment in a family torn apart when faced by an unexpected tragedy.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrethriller, crime, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:36

      A man confesses to an FBI agent his family's story of how his religious fanatic father's visions lead to a series of murders to destroy supposed "demons."

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryFrance, Germany, Belgium
      Duration02:14

      26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 in Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist’s son, who has been investigating the sordid birth of the British working class. Engels, the dandy, provides the last piece of the puzzle to the young Karl Marx’s new vision of the world. Together, between censorship and the police’s repression, riots and political upheavals, they will lead the labor movement during its development into a modern era.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryCanada

      Mary is a very troubled woman who gets a job at a convenience store after setting her assassin boyfriend on fire. As she starts her graveyard shift at the Deer Gas Market, she is haunted by flashbacks.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrecomedy, drama, military
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:03

      Mr. Roberts is as an officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned Navy ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genredrama
      CountryLuxembourg, Germany
      Duration01:43

      Switzerland, 1955. The young orphan Max is sent as a foster child and contracted to work for the Bösiger family who lives on a farm. His foster parents treat him like a workhorse while their son seizes every opportunity to humiliate him. Playing the accordion is the one thing that is entirely his. But when the new teacher stands up for Max, it only makes a bad situation much worse. The only thing preserving his will to survive is his friendship with Berteli, who was also taken on to work at the farm. Max dreams of Argentina with her: a fantasy world, where allegedly even hayforks are made of silver.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genredrama
      CountryMexico
      Duration01:39

      The fictional Father Ángel de la Cruz is based on Legion of Christ founder Marcial Maciel, whose long history of child abuse was not addressed until 2006 and only publicly acknowledged in 2009. But director Luis Urquiza chooses to structure his film through the largely uncomprehending, wondering eyes of 13-year-old Julián, who travels from the arms of his loving pastoral family into the austere, hallowed halls of the seminary. Singling out the boy as his intimate disciple, installing him in his palatial private quarters and redubbing him “Sacramento Santos,” Father Ángel begins Julian’s instruction into the mysteries of “perfect obedience,” whose cardinal rule is: Never question a superior’s actions.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:44

      A teenage boy is sent to a juvenile reform facility in the wilderness. As we learn about the tragic events that sent him there, his struggle becomes one for survival with the inmates, counselors, and the retired war colonel in charge.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      Maddie, a persona shifting con-artist who is as beautiful as she is dangerous, leaves her unwitting victims tormented when they realize they have been used and robbed of everything – including their hearts. But things get complicated when her former targets, Ezra, Richard, and Jules team up to track her down. While pursuing her newest mark, Maddie meets a potential love interest, Patrick, which threatens to derail her assignment, much to the chagrin of her mysterious boss, The Doctor.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, France, Netherlands, USA
      Duration01:36

        In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUSA

        In this fictional documentary, U.S. prisons are at capacity, and President Nixon declares a state of emergency. All new prisoners, most of whom are connected to the antiwar movement, are now given the choice of jail time or spending three days in Punishment Park, where they will be hunted for sport by federal authorities. The prisoners invariably choose the latter option, but learn that, between the desert heat and the brutal police officers, their chances of survival are slim.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:52

        Escape from Alcatraz tells the story of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous maximum security prison at Alcatraz. In 29 years, the seemingly impenetrable federal penitentiary, which housed Al Capone and "Birdman" Robert Stroud, was only broken once - by three men never heard of again.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genredrama
        CountryFrance, Germany, Belgium

        Suzanne Simonin describes her life of suffering in letters. As a young woman she is sent to a convent against her will. Since her parents cannot afford the dowry required for a marriage befitting her rank they decide she must instead become a nun. Although a kind and understanding Mother Superior helps her to learn the convent’s daily routine, Suzanne’s desire for freedom remains unabated. When the Mother Superior dies, Suzanne finds herself faced with reprisals, humiliation and harassment at the hands of the new Abbess and the other Sisters. For many years, Suzanne is subjected to bigotry and religious fanaticism. (Berlinale.de)

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:38

        Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genreaction, fantasy, adventure, family
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:58

        To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head, and battling the Kraken monster.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genredrama, history
        CountryPoland, Sweden
        Duration01:32

        What would it be like to step inside a great work of art, have it come alive around you, and even observe the artist as he sketches the very reality you are experiencing? From Lech Majewski, one of Poland's most acclaimed filmmakers, The Mill and the Cross is a cinematic re-staging of Pieter Bruegel's masterpiece "Procession to Calvary," presented alongside the story of its creation.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genremelodrama, drama, military
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:58

        In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:30

        A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genredrama
        CountryDenmark, Iceland
        Duration02:36

        A brother odyssey set in a workers' environment during a cold winter. We follow two brothers - their routines, habits and rituals - and a violent feud that erupts between them and another family.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genredrama, crime, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:27

        After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:07

        "The Passion of the Christ" is a film about the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus. Director Mel Gibson received much criticism from critics and audiences for his explicit depiction of and focus on violence and on christs suffering, especially on the part of the jewish community. The films languages are Arabic, Latin and Hebrew and its actors are laymen which was controversially received as well.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genredrama, crime, biography, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:35

        Following in his father's footsteps, Albert Pierrepoint becomes one of Britain's most prolific executioners, hiding his identity as a grocery deliveryman. But when his ambition to be the best inadvertently exposes his gruesome secret, he becomes a minor celebrity & faces a public outcry against the practice of hanging. Based on true events.




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