American Trash vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 5.5/10 for American Trash). American Trash is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 2024). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
American Trash
The Shawshank Redemption| American Trash | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.5/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 1994 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Robert LaSardo | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Tom Sizemore, Costas Mandylor, Darren Barcomb, Robert LaSardo, Elissa Dowling | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
American Trash
A midst a social crisis in the decaying world of Los Angeles, the city free falls into environmental ruin, chaos and a complete drug epidemic, creating a state of apathy and hate. Milles Carpis leans on the support of some new age hippie friends as they guide him away from violence when the woman he loves is murdered and Milles must face his greatest enemy.
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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