A Touch of Sin vs The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 7.2/10 for A Touch of Sin). A Touch of Sin is the shorter watch at 2h 11m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 2013). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Touch of Sin posterA Touch of Sin2013 VS The Shawshank Redemption posterThe Shawshank Redemption1994
A Touch of SinThe Shawshank Redemption
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 8.7/10
Year20131994
Length2h 11m2h 22m
GenresCrime, DramaCrime, Drama
Country––
DirectorJia ZhangkeFrank Darabont
Main castLi Meng, Wang Baoqiang, Jiang Wu, Han Dong, Zhao TaoClancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno

Synopsis

A Touch of Sin

Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.

The Shawshank Redemption

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

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