Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.
Papillonsolitary confinement · devil's island
O Brother, Where Art Thou?prisão · reflective
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazibewildered · critical
Beastbrisk · bewildered
A House of Dynamitebrisk · bewildered
May Decemberreflective · melodramatic
Boyka: Undisputed IVcritical · ambivalent
American GangsterSame genre & era
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)Same genre & era
Red Rocketbrisk · ambivalent
How to Train Your Dragon 2bewildered · reflective
Run Hide Fightdoubtful · reflective
AladdinSame genre & era
True GritSame genre & era
CasinoSame genre & era
The TerminalSame genre & era
BrubakerSame genre & era
White HeatSame genre & era
One Shotbewildered · ambivalent
The Great EscapeSame genre & era
Only Angels Have WingsSame genre & era
Les MisérablesSame genre & era
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Diecritical · reflective
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not HoldSame genre & era