21 Grams vs Prisoners

Prisoners has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.3/10 for 21 Grams). 21 Grams is the shorter watch at 2h 4m compared with 2h 33m. 21 Grams is the older of the two (2003 against 2013). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

21 Grams poster21 Grams2003 VS Prisoners posterPrisoners2013
21 GramsPrisoners
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 8.1/10
Year20032013
Length2h 4m2h 33m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorAlejandro González IñárrituDenis Villeneuve
Main castEddie Marsan, Benicio del Toro, Clea DuVall, Danny Huston, Sean PennDylan Minnette, Len Cariou, Paul Dano, Jake Gyllenhaal, Terrence Howard

Synopsis

21 Grams

Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.

Prisoners

Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street.

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