A Most Violent Year vs Prisoners
Prisoners has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.6/10 for A Most Violent Year). A Most Violent Year is the shorter watch at 2h 4m compared with 2h 33m. Prisoners is the older of the two (2013 against 2014). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Most Violent Year
Prisoners| A Most Violent Year | Prisoners | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2013 |
| Length | 2h 4m | 2h 33m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | J.C. Chandor | Denis Villeneuve |
| Main cast | Oscar Isaac, Elyes Gabel, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Jessica Chastain, Albert Brooks | Dylan Minnette, Len Cariou, Paul Dano, Jake Gyllenhaal, Terrence Howard |
Synopsis
A Most Violent Year
A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.
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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