A Stranger Among Us vs Primal Fear

Primal Fear has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 5.5/10 for A Stranger Among Us). A Stranger Among Us is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h 9m. A Stranger Among Us is the older of the two (1992 against 1996). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Stranger Among Us posterA Stranger Among Us1992 VS Primal Fear posterPrimal Fear1996
A Stranger Among UsPrimal Fear
Audience score★ 5.5/10★ 7.7/10
Year19921996
Length1h 50m2h 9m
GenresCrime, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorSidney LumetGregory Hoblit
Main castMelanie Griffith, Jake Weber, James Gandolfini, Jamey Sheridan, Eric ThalJon Seda, Maura Tierney, Richard Gere, Alfre Woodard, Laura Linney

Synopsis

A Stranger Among Us

Detective Emily Eden is a tough New York City cop forced to go undercover to solve a puzzling murder. Her search for the truth takes her into a secret world of unwritten law and unspoken power, a world where the only way out is deeper in.

Primal Fear

An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a third person in the room.

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