Approaching the Unknown vs Open Your Eyes
Open Your Eyes has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 5.3/10 for Approaching the Unknown). Approaching the Unknown is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 57m. Open Your Eyes is the older of the two (1997 against 2016). Both are drama, science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Approaching the Unknown
Open Your Eyes| Approaching the Unknown | Open Your Eyes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.3/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 1997 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 57m |
| Genres | Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller | Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller |
| Country | – | Spain |
| Director | Mark Elijah Rosenberg | Alejandro Amenábar |
| Main cast | Sanaa Lathan, Mark Strong, Luke Wilson, Charles Baker, Anders Danielsen Lie | Najwa Nimri, Eduardo Noriega, Penélope Cruz, Tristán Ulloa, Chete Lera |
Synopsis
Approaching the Unknown
Captain William Stanaforth is on a one-way solo mission to take the first steps in colonising Mars. Like all pioneers throughout history, Stanaforth will face insurmountable odds and life and death decisions as he rockets bravely through space.
Open Your Eyes
Handsome 25-year-old Cesar had it all -- a successful career, expensive cars, a swank bachelor's pad, and an endless string of beautiful and willing women -- until he is thrown into a strange psychological mystery after a car accident scars his face and lands him in prison.
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