A Private Life vs Dolores Claiborne
Dolores Claiborne has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 5.9/10 for A Private Life). A Private Life is the shorter watch at 1h 47m compared with 2h 12m. Dolores Claiborne is the older of the two (1995 against 2025). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Private Life
Dolores Claiborne| A Private Life | Dolores Claiborne | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.9/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1995 |
| Length | 1h 47m | 2h 12m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
| Country | France | – |
| Director | Rebecca Zlotowski | Taylor Hackford |
| Main cast | Jodie Foster, Aurore Clément, Daniel Auteuil, Virginie Efira, Mathieu Amalric | Jennifer Jason Leigh, Eric Bogosian, Judy Parfitt, Kathy Bates, Christopher Plummer |
Synopsis
A Private Life
Following the death of Paula, one of her long-time patients, psychiatrist Lilian Steiner becomes convinced that her supposed death by suicide is actually an unsolved murder.
Dolores Claiborne
Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.
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