Bringemovies
← Browse Movies
Fortress
TITLE DETAILS

Fortress

1985-11-24 · 88 min · ★ 6.9

Drama · Horror · Thriller

After being kidnapped by four masked men, a teacher and her students rebel by plotting against the criminals.

Open detail page

Trailers are previews, not full movies.

No authorized playback source configured. Use the legal watch options below.

Production details

Directors
Arch Nicholson
Production companies
Crawford Productions
Countries
Australia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Rachel WardRachel WardSally Jones
Sean GarlickSid
Elaine CusickMrs. O'Brien
Laurie MoranMr. O'Brien
Marc Aden GrayMarc Aden GrayTommy
Ray ChubbPublican
Bradley MeehanRichard
Rebecca RiggRebecca RiggNarelle
Beth BuchananBeth BuchananLeanne
Anna CrawfordSarah
Richard TerrillToby
Vernon WellsVernon WellsDabby Duck
Peter HehirPeter HehirFather Christmas
David BradshawPussy Cat
Roger StephenMac the Mouse
Wendy PlayfairWendy PlayfairOld Woman
Ed TurleyOld Man
Nick WatersNick WatersDet. Sgt. Cotter
Terence DonovanTerence DonovanDet. Sgt. Mitchell
Asher KeddieAsher KeddieSue

Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.

Where to watch

Availability provided by JustWatch via TMDb. Offers can change. Provider links are listed on TMDb; full playback requires a separately authorized source.

Availability not listed for this country.

Recommendations

The Lost Bus
★ 7.0
The Lost Bus2025Drama · Thriller

A determined father risks everything to rescue a dedicated teacher and her students from a raging wildfire.

God Is a Bullet
★ 6.2
God Is a Bullet2023Horror · Thriller

Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the leader with the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, Case Hardin.

Wake in Fright
★ 7.2
Wake in Fright1971Drama · Thriller

A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.

Foxfire
★ 6.0
Foxfire1996Drama · Thriller

The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but their wild ways begin to get out of control.

Baby Blues
★ 6.0
Baby Blues2008Drama · Horror · Thriller

On a secluded family farm, a mother suffers a psychotic break due to postpartum depression, forcing the eldest son to protect his sibling from the mother they have always known and loved.

The Boy
★ 5.8
The Boy2015Drama · Horror · Thriller

An intimate portrait of a 9 year old sociopath as he discovers his taste for killing.

Werewolf: The Beast Among Us
★ 5.9
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us2012Drama · Horror · Thriller

Set in a 19th century village, a young man studying under a local doctor joins a team of hunters on the trail of a wolf-like creature.

Antlers
★ 6.2
Antlers2021Drama · Horror

A small-town Oregon teacher and her brother, the local sheriff, discover a young student is harbouring a dangerous secret that could have frightening consequences.

10 Cloverfield Lane
★ 7.0
10 Cloverfield Lane2016Drama · Horror · Thriller

After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman wakes up in a survivalist's underground bunker, where he claims to have saved her from an apocalyptic attack that has left the outside world uninhabitable.

Lord of the Flies
★ 6.7
Lord of the Flies1963Drama · Thriller

Following a plane crash a group of schoolboys find themselves on a deserted island. They appoint a leader and attempt to create an organized society for the sake of their survival. Democracy and order soon begin to crumble when a breakaway faction regresses to savagery with horrifying consequences.

Dark Harvest
★ 6.1
Dark Harvest2023Horror · Thriller

In a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody battle of survival.

Wolf Creek
★ 6.2
Wolf Creek2005Horror · Thriller

Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.

Gerald's Game
★ 6.4
Gerald's Game2017Drama · Horror · Thriller

When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.

The Whisper Man
★ 6.8
The Whisper Man2026Drama · Thriller

When his young son vanishes, a widower enlists help from his estranged father, a retired detective who put away the serial killer now linked to the case.

Barron's Cove
★ 7.1
Barron's Cove2025Drama · Thriller

When his young son is viciously murdered by a classmate, a grieving father with a history of violence kidnaps the child responsible, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by a powerful politician -- the father of the kidnapped boy.

Cracks
★ 6.6
Cracks2009Drama · Thriller

Jealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student.

After the Dark
★ 6.0
After the Dark2013Drama · Thriller

At an international school in Jakarta, a philosophy teacher challenges his class of twenty graduating seniors to choose which ten of them would take shelter underground and reboot the human race in the event of a nuclear apocalypse.

Sleepwalkers
★ 6.1
Sleepwalkers1992Horror · Thriller

Charles Brady and his mother, Mary, are the last of a dying breed whose needs are not of this world. They are Sleepwalkers - able to stay alive only by feeding on the life-force of the innocent, but destined to roam the earth, avoiding discovery while searching for their next victim. That search takes them to the sleepy little town of Travis, Indiana, where beautiful teenager Tanya Robertson is about to become an unwilling pawn in their nightmarish fight for survival.

Class of 1984
★ 6.4
Class of 19841982Drama · Thriller

Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is unlike any he has seen before. There are metal detectors at the front door and the place is basically run by a tough kid named Peter Stegman. Soon, Andy and Stegman become enemies and Stegman will stop at nothing to protect his turf and drug dealing business.

The Mist
★ 7.0
The Mist2007Horror · Thriller

After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other local residents. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.

Similar titles

As in Heaven
★ 6.1
As in Heaven2021Drama

One day at the end of the 1800s, 14-year-old Lise’s life is changed forever. She is the eldest of her siblings, the first in her family to go to school and full of hope and confidence in life. But when her mother goes into labour, it quickly appears that something is wrong. As night falls and the labour progresses, Lise begins to understand that a day that began in childhood might end with her becoming the woman of the house.

Reeds and Mud
★ 8.1
Reeds and Mud1954Drama

Province of Valencia, Spain, 19th century. Tonet lives an intense love story with Neleta, whom he has known since childhood, but is forced to leave her to serve in the war in Cuba.

Night and the City
★ 7.5
Night and the City1950Drama

Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.

The Adventures of Pinocchio
★ 5.3
The Adventures of Pinocchio1996Drama

One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one major desire and that is to become a real boy someday. In order to accomplish this goal he has to learn to act responsibly. This film shows you the adventures on which he learns valuable lessons.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
★ 6.5
The Hunchback of Notre Dame1923Drama · Horror

In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.

The Yearling
★ 6.7
The Yearling1946Drama

Jody convinces his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?

Ala Kachuu – Take and Run
★ 7.3
Ala Kachuu – Take and Run2020Drama

A young Kyrgyz woman is kidnapped and forced to marry. A drama about the desire for freedom in the clutches of a tradition.

The World of Henry Orient
★ 5.9
The World of Henry Orient1964Drama

A mischievous, adventuresome fourteen-year-old girl and her best friend begin following an eccentric concert pianist around New York City after she develops a crush on him.

Chamku
★ 4.2
Chamku2008Thriller

A traumatized child becomes a political activist but agrees to become an assassin upon being captured.

Captain Pantoja and the Special Services
★ 7.2
Captain Pantoja and the Special Services1999Drama

The Peruvian army captain Pantaleon Pantoja, a very serious and efficient officer, is chosen by his superiors to set up a special service of 'visitors' to satisfy the sexual needs of the soldiers posted on remote jungle outposts.

Inubu: The Dog Club
★ 6.8
Inubu: The Dog Club2021Drama

Hanai Sota is 22-years-old and a university student in the veterinary department. Since he was little, he has always loved animals. His apartment is full of animals that needed help. One day, Hanai Sota saves a dog that was being used in experiments. To save more of the animals, he sets up the "Inubu" club. His friend Shibasaki Ryosuke, among other people, joins the group. Shibasaki Ryosuke also loves dogs and is a student in the same veterinary department as Hanai Sota. They work hard to protect the animals. 16 years later, a report comes out. The report is about Hanai Sota, who was arrested.

Nato a Casal di Principe
★ 5.7
Nato a Casal di Principe2017Drama

In the late 1980s, Amedeo Letizia, a young 20 something Italian, leaves his hometown of Casal di Principe to pursue a career in acting in Rome. While he's making his debut, his younger brother Paolo is kidnapped by armed men. Amedeo comes back, this return being an infernal descent into his past and his region's contradictions.

Abel Sánchez
★ 10.0
Abel Sánchez1947Drama

Joaquin Monegro feels a huge hatred for Abel Sánchez, who was once his best friend. Over the years, Monegro marries without love, and tries to have his children marry, but not forgetting Abel so far.

La sirena negra
★ 5.5
La sirena negra1948Drama

Cut Snake
★ 6.1
Cut Snake2015Drama

Set in Melbourne in the mid-1970s is the story of Sparra Farrell, a very private man in his twenties who is trying to make a life for himself in a new city. He has found honest work and becomes engaged to the beautiful Paula. But the prospect of his new life is challenged when the charismatic Pommie tracks him down. Sparra finds himself drawn back into a world that he thought he had left behind.

ICHI
★ 6.8
ICHI2008Drama

Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and walking stick. She’s in search for the kind man that brought her up as a child, but because of her beauty she encounters problems every step of the way. Fortunately for Ichi, she is also a gifted swordswoman and carries a lethal blade within her walking stick.

Dear Etranger
★ 7.1
Dear Etranger2017Drama

Makoto Tanaka is 40-years-old and has remarried. His wife is Nanae and they care for 2 daughters from Nanae's prior marriage. Makoto tries to have an ordinary family. Nanae then becomes pregnant. Afterwards, things begin to change among the family members.

Akvaariorakkaus
★ 3.4
Akvaariorakkaus1993Drama

Waitress Saara meets handsome journalist Joni, and soon moves in to live with him. Joni tries his best to satisfy Saara sexually but, disturbed by violent lesbian fantasies, she is unable to experience orgasm. Trying to cope with the situation, Saara has another brief affair back in her old home town.

Poster unavailable
Not rated
Cukor1982Drama

A TV film based on Karol Horák's novel. The story takes place in southern Gemer in the spring of 1945. It covers several days in the first months after the war. Matyla, a simple village woman, sets out into the world to get sugar for her daughter and her unborn child. A film about a mother, which is a testimony about people and an era from the perspective of the current middle generation.

CHAMPION
Not rated
CHAMPION2025Drama

Your favorites

Recently viewed

Watch

Choose an authorized server.

Full video from an operator-configured authorized source. Official trailers use a separate player. If a server fails, retry or select another authorized server.

Legal watch options

Official trailer

Trailer preview only. Press Play to start.

Privacy choices

Favorites stay in your browser. Movie images load from TMDb. YouTube trailers contact YouTube only after you allow external media and choose a trailer. Advertising consent, if ads are enabled, is managed separately by the operator’s certified CMP.

Privacy policy

After allowing external media, choose the trailer button to load its player.