Area Q. vs Gattaca

Gattaca has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 4.8/10 for Area Q.). Area Q. is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 47m. Gattaca is the older of the two (1997 against 2012). Both are science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Area Q. posterArea Q.2012 VS Gattaca posterGattaca1997
Area Q.Gattaca
Audience score★ 4.8/10★ 7.6/10
Year20121997
Length1h 40m1h 47m
GenresScience Fiction, ThrillerMystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country––
DirectorGerson SanginittoAndrew Niccol
Main castIsaiah Washington, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Murilo Rosa, Daniel Porpino, Tania KhalillTony Shalhoub, Ethan Hawke, Jude Law, Uma Thurman, Loren Dean

Synopsis

Area Q.

A year after the disappearance of his son, Thomas Mathews, an investigative journalist, still has no information and begins his own obsessive search. However, the obsession has him losing his house and job so his boss sends him on special assignment in Brazil. In Brazil, Mathews investigates close encounter sightings that have taken place in the small cities of Quixada and Quixeramobim-also known as Area Q. While there, he realizes he will face…

Gattaca

Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation.

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