Thriller films about prisoners

List of the best thriller films about prisoners according to the audience: Room, Uncut Gems, Profile, Unstoppable, Prisoners, Nocturnal Animals, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Nightcrawler, Unknown, The Skin I Live In.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrethriller, drama
CountryCanada, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
Duration02:32

Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA

A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, detective
CountryRussia, USA, United Kingdom, Cyprus

Looking to investigate recruitment techniques of ISIS to lure women into Syria, Amy Whitaker, a journalist, creates a Facebook profile of a Muslim convert. When an ISIS recruiter contacts her online character, she experiences the process first hand.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genreaction, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:34

A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on Stanton, Pennsylvania, and only two men can stop it: a veteran engineer and a young conductor. Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these ordinary heroes attempt to chase down one million tons of hurtling steel and prevent an epic disaster.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:33

    When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

      Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, India

      What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:58

        When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genreaction, thriller, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, France, USA
        Duration01:53

        An American biologist attending a conference in Berlin awakens from a coma after a car accident, only to discover that someone has taken his identity and that no one, not even his wife, believes him. With the help of an illegal immigrant and a former Stazi agent, he sets out to prove who he is and find out why people are trying to kill him.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountrySpain, USA
        Duration02:00

        A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, Mexico, Canada

        An ambitious young carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective, military
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:48

          Sergeant John Tyree is home on a 2 week leave from Germany. He meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off the pier. John falls in love with Savannah who is a student on spring break helping build a house for Habitat for Humanity. A romance occurs and Savannah falls deeply in love with John. She promises to write John overseas until he returns.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrethriller, drama
          CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
          Duration02:18

          Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrehorror, thriller
          CountryUSA

          On the day of his scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a psychiatric evaluation during which he claims he is a demon, and further claims that before their time is over, the psychiatrist will commit three murders of his own.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrethriller, drama, detective
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:52

            After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.

            Markimdb: 7.5
            Genrethriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:04

            Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.

            Markimdb: 7
            Genrethriller, drama, detective
            CountrySpain, United Kingdom, USA, France
            Duration01:35

            Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genrethriller, drama
            CountryUSA

            Based on the true story of the events that led to the death of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., an elderly African American veteran with bipolar disorder, who was killed during a conflict with police officers who were dispatched to check on him.

            Markimdb: 7.8
            Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:14

              The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

              Markimdb: 6.5
              Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA, Germany, Saudi Arabia
              Duration01:41

              A thriller in which a battle of philosophies between a fundamentalist Christian and an atheist escalates into a lethal battle of wills.

              Markimdb: 8.2
              Genrethriller, drama, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:18

              World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.

              Markimdb: 7.6
              Genrethriller, drama, history
              CountryUSA, Germany, India
              Duration02:39

                During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

                Markimdb: 7.3
                Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
                CountryUSA, Japan
                Duration02:27

                Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

                Markimdb: 8.5
                Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
                CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                Duration02:05

                  A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

                  Markimdb: 7.6
                  Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA
                  Duration01:40

                  A Russian teenager, living in London, dies during childbirth but leaves clues to a midwife in her journal, that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

                  Markimdb: 6.1
                  Genrethriller, comedy, drama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:36

                  When recently single Steven moves into his new apartment, cable guy Chip comes to hook him up -- and doesn't let go. Initially, Chip is just overzealous in his desire to be Steven's pal, but when Steven tries to end the "friendship," Chip shows his dark side. He begins stalking Steven, who's left to fend for himself because no one else can believe Chip's capable of such behavior.

                  Markimdb: 7
                  Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:54

                  Matthew, a young advertising executive in Chicago, puts his life and a business trip to China on hold when he thinks he sees Lisa, the love of his life who left him without a word two years earlier, walking out of a restaurant one day.

                  Markimdb: 6.5
                  Genrethriller, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:00

                  Danny Ocean reunites with his old flame and the rest of his merry band of thieves in carrying out three huge heists in Rome, Paris and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.

                  Markimdb: 6
                  Genrethriller, drama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:24

                  A bickering couple drive fast through a downpour to catch the last ferry to their island retreat. In a flash, they recognize a crumpled body laying at the side of the road and after much argument they stop, only to find a young man battered and bruised. An offer of summoning the police firmly rejected, the two help the man as best they can although it certainly means missing the ferry... and so starts this thriller: a tale of twisted sexual attraction and ulterior motives.

                  Markimdb: 6.7
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:35

                  Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.

                  Markimdb: 7.1
                  Genrethriller, drama, detective
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:54

                  Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, Farrell is put in charge of the murder investigation. He begins to uncover shocking clues about the case, but when details of his encounter with Susan surface, he becomes a suspect as well.

                  Markimdb: 7.3
                  Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
                  CountryUSA, United Kingdom

                  A traumatized, alcoholic Dan Torrance meets Abra, a kid who also has the ability to "shine." He tries to protect her from the True Knot, a cult whose goal is to feed off of people like them in order to remain immortal. Doctor Sleep is a sequel to Stephen King's 1977 novel "The Shining". Doctor Sleep is set several decades after the events of the first "Shining".

                  Markimdb: 7.1
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA

                  In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.

                  Markimdb: 7.7
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:38

                  The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are built and destroyed by the endless trail of clues.

                  Markimdb: 6.4
                  Genrethriller, adventure, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:51

                  While on a family vacation, rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.

                  Markimdb: 7
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA, Canada
                  Duration01:56

                  Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.

                  Markimdb: 7.3
                  Genrethriller, comedy, crime, detective
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:34

                  Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.

                  Markimdb: 7.7
                  Genrethriller, drama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:18

                  When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.

                  Markimdb: 8.5
                  Genrehorror, thriller, detective
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:49

                  When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother. The place seems quirky, but fine… until Marion decides to take a shower.

                  Markimdb: 6.7
                  Genrethriller, drama, military, history
                  CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Canada, USA
                  Duration02:18

                  When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.

                  Markimdb: 6.4
                  Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:41

                  Walter Sparrow is an animal control officer that becomes obsessed with a mysterious book that seems to be based on his own life. As soon as he opens the book, he notices strange parallels between what he reads and what he's experienced. But now he's worried that a fictional murder might materialize.

                  Markimdb: 8.5
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:53

                  Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty, however, of locating his wife's killer is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.

                  Markimdb: 7
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:56

                  John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.

                  Markimdb: 7.4
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:54

                  An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is asked to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial. But if he doesn't do it, the judge will have him disbarred.

                  Markimdb: 6.6
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                  CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA
                  Duration01:35

                  A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.

                  Markimdb: 7.9
                  Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA, France
                  Duration02:01

                  Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

                  Markimdb: 7.1
                  Genrethriller, drama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:41

                    Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.

                    Markimdb: 6.5
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                    Duration01:28

                    On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer matches wits with the struggling actor who has stolen his wife's heart.

                    Markimdb: 7.2
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:52

                    A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.

                    Markimdb: 7
                    Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime, biography
                    CountryUSA, Germany, Canada
                    Duration01:53

                    Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.




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