A Long Way Down vs Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.2/10 for A Long Way Down). A Long Way Down is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 2h 22m. Forrest Gump is the older of the two (1994 against 2014). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Long Way Down posterA Long Way Down2014 VS Forrest Gump posterForrest Gump1994
A Long Way DownForrest Gump
Audience score★ 6.2/10★ 8.5/10
Year20141994
Length1h 36m2h 22m
GenresComedy, DramaComedy, Drama, Romance
Country––
DirectorPascal ChaumeilRobert Zemeckis
Main castLeo Bill, Enrique Arce, Aaron Paul, Tuppence Middleton, Imogen PootsGary Sinise, Robin Wright, Tom Hanks, Hanna Hall, Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Synopsis

A Long Way Down

Four lost souls—a disgraced TV presenter, a foul-mouthed teen, an isolated single mother, and a solipsistic muso—decide to end their lives on the same night, New Year's Eve. When this disillusioned quartet of strangers meet unintentionally at the same suicide hotspot, a London high-rise with the well-earned nickname Topper's Tower, they mutually agree to call off their plans for six weeks, forming an unconventional, dysfunctional family. They…

Forrest Gump

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

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