Birth vs Shutter Island
Shutter Island has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6/10 for Birth). Birth is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 18m. Birth is the older of the two (2004 against 2010). Both are drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Birth
Shutter Island| Birth | Shutter Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.0/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2010 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 2h 18m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Jonathan Glazer | Martin Scorsese |
| Main cast | Peter Stormare, Nicole Kidman, Cara Seymour, Alison Elliott, Danny Huston | Joseph Sikora, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio |
Synopsis
Birth
It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving on. However, on the night of her engagement party, a young boy named Sean turns up, saying he is her dead husband reincarnated. At first she ignores the child, but his knowledge of her former husband's life is uncanny, leading her to believe that he might be telling the truth.
Shutter Island
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
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