Sleepers
Sleepershttps://ny4.cc/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MV5BMjBhMWRmZTAtOGRlNC00YWYxLTlmZWUtYTY4YThlZGNhYmM2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_SX300.jpg
8.8
Your Vote:
Voting: 8.8 /10 (30)
7.5 IMDB Rating 10,237 Views

Sleepers

After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized. Thirteen years later, an unexpected r...andom encounter with a former guard gives them a chance for revenge. Show More

Details

In the movie Sleepers (1996), four boys from Hell's Kitchen, New York, find themselves in a life-altering situation after a prank goes wrong and an old man gets injured. As a consequence, they are sentenced to at least one year in the Wilkinson Center, a juvenile detention facility in upstate New York.

During their time at the center, the boys endure physical beatings, humiliation, and sexual abuse at the hands of the guards who were supposed to protect them. These events profoundly affect them, haunting their adult lives.

Thirteen years later, fate brings the childhood friends back together. They chance upon an opportunity for revenge against the Wilkinson Center and its corrupt guards. Determined to seek justice, the group embarks on a dangerous mission to expose the truth and make those responsible pay.

Sleepers delves into themes of friendship, loyalty, and the long-lasting effects of trauma. With a gripping storyline, the movie explores the devastating consequences of abuse and the lengths people will go to seek redemption and retribution.

Directed by Barry Levinson and based on a novel by Lorenzo Carcaterra, Sleepers features a star-studded cast including Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro, Jason Patric, and Kevin Bacon. This intense and thought-provoking drama is sure to keep viewers on the edge of their seats until the very end.

Also Known As:

Sleepers

Release Date:

18 Oct 1996

Writers:

Lorenzo Carcaterra, Barry Levinson

Awards:

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 5 nominations total

People also search for

Higher Learning 1995

People from all different walks of life, encounter racial tension, rape, responsibility, and the meaning of an education on a university campus.

Category: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Tragedy

Stars: Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson, Michael Rapaport

6.5 IMDB Rating 248 Views
Escape from Pretoria 2020

Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, Escape From Pretoria is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa.

Category: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Webber, Ian Hart

6.8 IMDB Rating 11,421 Views
Protector 2026

Former war hero Nikki's peaceful life is shattered when her daughter is kidnapped. Thrust into the criminal underworld while hunted by cops and military, she must fight to rescue her child.

Category: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Stars: Milla Jovovich, Matthew Modine, D.B. Sweeney

5.3 IMDB Rating 886 Views
Streets of Blood 2009

A police officer's partner has died during Hurricane Katrina, but he later discovers that his partner may have been murdered. An investigation follows, taking the officer and his new partner into the depths of the criminal underworld.

Category: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Stars: Val Kilmer, 50 Cent, Sharon Stone, Michael Biehn

4.4 IMDB Rating 313 Views
Fresh 1994

Death and violence anger a twelve-year-old drug courier, who sets his employers against each other.

Category: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Tragedy

Stars: Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, Samuel L. Jackson

7.5 IMDB Rating 215 Views
The Last Grind 2021

A young skateboarding genius steals data from his wealthy clients. His world is turned upside-down when he hits the wrong house and only his disabled mum and emo ex-girlfriend can save him from a terrifying fate.

Category: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Stars: Adrian M. Barnes, Patty Glavieux, Tatiana Goode

7.2 IMDB Rating 384 Views
The Marked Woman 2026

Unconscious woman found in Barcelona docks container. With no memory, an attempt on her life at hospital. Inspectors Ripoll and Zapori investigate the mysterious case.

Category: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Stars: Candela Peña, Ana Rujas, Kira Miró

500 Views
Pusher III 2005

Milo tries to be a family man and run his criminal organization, but a wrong drug shipment endangers everything.

Category: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Stars: Zlatko Buric, Marinela Dekic, Slavko Labovic, Ramadan Huseini

7.3 IMDB Rating 7,305 Views
The Killer Inside Me 2010

A West Texas Deputy Sheriff is slowly unmasked as a psychotic killer.

Category: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Stars: Casey Affleck, Kate Hudson, Jessica Alba

6.1 IMDB Rating 2,912 Views
And Then There Were None 1945

Seven guests, a newly hired secretary and two staff are gathered at a manor house on an isolated island by an unknown absentee host and are killed off one-by-one. They work together to determine who the killer is before it's too late.

Category: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Stars: Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward

7.3 IMDB Rating 5,031 Views