Benji vs Papillon
Papillon has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 6.9/10 for Benji). Benji is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 2h 14m. Papillon is the older of the two (2017 against 2018). Both are adventure, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Benji
Papillon| Benji | Papillon | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 27m | 2h 14m |
| Genres | Adventure, Crime, Drama, Family | Adventure, Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Brandon Camp | Michael Noer |
| Main cast | Gabriel Bateman, Will Rothhaar, Angus Sampson, Gralen Bryant Banks, Kiele Sanchez | Charlie Hunnam, Eve Hewson, Rami Malek, Brian Vernel, Yorick van Wageningen |
Synopsis
Benji
Two school kids strike up a friendship with an orphaned puppy named Benji. When danger befalls them and they end up kidnapped by robbers who are in over their heads, Benji and his scruffy sidekick come to the rescue.
Papillon
Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.