A Time to Kill vs Shoplifters

Shoplifters has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.4/10 for A Time to Kill). Shoplifters is the shorter watch at 2h compared with 2h 29m. A Time to Kill is the older of the two (1996 against 2018). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Time to Kill posterA Time to Kill1996 VS Shoplifters posterShoplifters2018
A Time to KillShoplifters
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 7.9/10
Year19962018
Length2h 29m2h
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
Country––
DirectorJoel SchumacherHirokazu Kore-eda
Main castKiefer Sutherland, Samuel L. Jackson, Donald Sutherland, Oliver Platt, Chris CooperKengo Kora, Aju Makita, Akira Emoto, Sosuke Ikematsu, Lily Franky

Synopsis

A Time to Kill

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

Shoplifters

In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.

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