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Directed by Matt Reeves,
Rupert WyattOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
ActionThemes Films about animals,
Films about computing,
Medical-themed films,
Post-apocalyptic films,
Films about religion,
Films based on science fiction novels,
Films set in the future,
Films about apes,
Films about disabilities,
Political films,
Cyberpunk films,
Dystopian films,
Children's films,
Mise en scène d'un mammifère,
Disaster films,
Sign-language films,
American Sign Language films,
Films about language and translationActors James Franco,
Judy Greer,
Kirk Acevedo,
Gary Oldman,
Freida Pinto,
John LithgowRating75%
Ten years after the worldwide pandemic of the deadly ALZ-113 virus (known as the Simian Flu), human civilization is completely destroyed following martial law, civil unrest and the economic collapse of every country in the world. Over 90% of the human population has died in the pandemic, while apes with genetically enhanced intelligence have started to build a civilization of their own., 1h50
Directed by Rupert WyattOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
Action,
AdventureThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about animals,
Environmental films,
Films about computing,
Medical-themed films,
Post-apocalyptic films,
Films about religion,
Films based on science fiction novels,
Films set in the future,
Films about apes,
Films about viral outbreaks,
Films about disabilities,
Political films,
Cyberpunk films,
Dystopian films,
Children's films,
Mise en scène d'un mammifère,
Disaster films,
Sign-language films,
American Sign Language films,
Films about language and translationActors James Franco,
Freida Pinto,
John Lithgow,
Andy Serkis,
Brian Cox,
Tom FeltonRating75%
Will Rodman, a scientist at the biotechnology company Gen-Sys, is testing viral-based drug ALZ-112 on chimpanzees to find a cure for brain ailments such as Alzheimer's disease. The drug is given to a chimpanzee, Bright Eyes, greatly increasing her intelligence. However, when Will is presenting 112 to his boss and uses Bright Eyes as an example, she is forced from her cage, goes on a rampage, and is killed. Will's boss Steven Jacobs terminates the project and orders chimp handler Robert Franklin to euthanize the chimps. After doing as ordered, Franklin discovers that Bright Eyes had recently given birth and understands the reason why she was disturbed. He convinces Will to save the baby chimp's life by taking him home temporarily. Will's father Charles, who is suffering from Alzheimer's, names the chimp "Caesar", in reference to William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, from which he can, despite his deteriorating mental condition, cite long passages from memory. Will learns that Caesar has inherited his mother's high intelligence (the 112 virus passing to him in utero) and decides to raise him, working from home and observing his behavior in hopes that he can get the project restarted. Three years later, Will introduces Caesar to the redwood forest at Muir Woods National Monument. Meanwhile, with Charles' condition rapidly deteriorating, Will treats him with ALZ-112 and he is restored to better-than-original cognitive ability., 2h12
Directed by John DahlOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Action,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Seafaring films,
Prison films,
Transport films,
Political filmsActors Benjamin Bratt,
Joseph Fiennes,
James Franco,
Logan Marshall-Green,
Marton Csokas,
Connie NielsenRating65%
In 1944, American forces were closing in on the Japanese-occupied Philippines. The Japanese held around 500 American prisoners who had survived the Bataan Death March in a notorious POW camp at Cabanatuan and subjected them to brutal treatment and summary execution, as the Japanese view surrender as a disgrace. Many prisoners were also stricken with malaria., 1h36
Directed by Steve McQueenOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
HistoricalThemes Prison films,
Films about religion,
Films about suicide,
Films about terrorism,
Political films,
Conflit nord-irlandaisActors Michael Fassbender,
Liam Cunningham,
Karen Hassan,
Stuart GrahamRating74%
Prison officer Raymond Lohan prepares to leave work; he cleans his bloodied knuckles, checks his car for bombs, puts his uniform on, and ignores his comrades., 1h49
Directed by John FlynnOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Prison filmsActors Sylvester Stallone,
Donald Sutherland,
John Amos,
Darlanne Fluegel,
Frank McRae,
Sonny LandhamRating64%
Frank Leone, a skilled mechanic and football player in Hoboken, New Jersey, is a model prisoner nearing the end of his sentence in Norwood, a low security prison. He occasionally spends time outside prison in his garage fixing cars, playing football and spending time with his girlfriend Melissa. , 1h49
Directed by Ringo LamOrigin Hong kongGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Prison films,
Sports films,
Martial arts films,
Gangster filmsActors Chow Yun-fat,
Roy Cheung,
Elvis Tsui,
Wan Yeung-mingRating66%
Like the first film, this follows the fraternal bond of two inmates, once again Ching, but this time with "Brother Dragon", a boss of the "Black Rats" gang. Ching escapes the prison in order to see his son, Leung was placed in an orphanage after his grandmother died, and gets into trouble with "Assassin"'s replacement, Officer Zau. Ching escapes a second time to follow Boss Dragon after he lied about jumping off a cliff to escape. Ching looked for his son and intended to bring him along, but was refused by the social worker., 1h32
Origin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Prison films,
Se déroulant à AlcatrazActors Bill Goldberg,
Tony Plana,
Jack Conley,
Angell Conwell,
Alona Tal,
Robert TortiRating44%
After the New Alcatraz massacre, long time inmate Twitch (Kurupt) gets himself transferred to another. He claims it's to be closer to his lady but his real motives are a bit more grandiose than that., 1h49
Directed by Peter YatesOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Action,
CrimeThemes Prison filmsActors Tom Selleck,
F. Murray Abraham,
Laila Robins,
David Rasche,
Richard Young,
Badja DjolaRating64%
James "Jimmie" Rainwood (Tom Selleck) is an ordinary and model citizen: happily married to his beautiful wife Kate (Laila Robins), has a modest home in Long Beach, California, works as an American Airlines engineer, drives a classic Pontiac Trans Am and pays his bills., 1h3
Directed by Norman FosterOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Seafaring films,
Prison films,
Transport filmsActors Peter Lorre,
Mary Maguire,
Henry Wilcoxon,
Erik Rhodes,
Harold Huber,
Leon AmesRating66%
The film opens with a daring escape from the French penal colony on Devil’s Island. Mr. Moto, pretending to be Ito Matsuka, a Japanese murderer, is in the company of Paul Brissac, who belongs to a group of assassins. Brissac changes his name to Romero when they arrive in London and Moto stays on as his houseboy., 1h35
Origin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Prison films,
Films about sexuality,
Erotic films,
Sexploitation films,
Women in prison filmsActors Linda Blair,
John Vernon,
Sybil Danning,
Tamara Dobson,
Stella Stevens,
Henry SilvaRating50%
Linda Blair of The Exorcist stars as Carol Henderson, an immature and naive teenager who is sentenced to 18 months in a women's prison after killing a man by accident after driving drunk. Once she arrives, she meets the vicious and perverted Warden Backman (John Vernon). She also encounters the two kingpin prisoners, Ericka (Sybil Danning) and Duchess (Tamara Dobson), who are the leaders of factions in the facility's seething racial tensions. There are also the drug-dealing lesbian rapists and the prostitutes, who answer to the warden's assistant, Captain Taylor (Stella Stevens). In the meantime, Taylor's lover is clandestinely having an affair with Ericka. It's a whirlwind of dread and fury, but when the facility's corrupt administration goes too far, racial considerations are put aside as convicts of all colors and nationalities band together to fight them.