Band on the Run vs The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6/10 for Band on the Run). Band on the Run is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 2h 12m. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is the older of the two (2018 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Band on the Run
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs| Band on the Run | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.0/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 28m | 2h 12m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music | Comedy, Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance, Western |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Jeff Hupp | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen |
| Main cast | Larry Bagby, Matt Perl, Dylan Randazzo, Landon Taverniér, Daniel Blair | David Krumholtz, Clancy Brown, Tim Blake Nelson, James Franco, Willie Watson |
Synopsis
Band on the Run
At the height of the Detroit Garage Rock movement in 1999, a wheelchair-bound father, his musician son and his band bond on a raucous road trip as they war with a rival band on the way to the South by Southwest festival.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.
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