Bad Times at the El Royale vs Primal Fear

Primal Fear has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.8/10 for Bad Times at the El Royale). Primal Fear is the shorter watch at 2h 9m compared with 2h 21m. Primal Fear is the older of the two (1996 against 2018). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Bad Times at the El Royale posterBad Times at the El Royale2018 VS Primal Fear posterPrimal Fear1996
Bad Times at the El RoyalePrimal Fear
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 7.7/10
Year20181996
Length2h 21m2h 9m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of AmericaUnited States of America
DirectorDrew GoddardGregory Hoblit
Main castJon Hamm, Chris Hemsworth, Shea Whigham, Jeff Bridges, Lewis PullmanJon Seda, Maura Tierney, Richard Gere, Alfre Woodard, Laura Linney

Synopsis

Bad Times at the El Royale

Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.

Primal Fear

An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a third person in the room.

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