Birth vs The Prestige
The Prestige has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6/10 for Birth). Birth is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 10m. Birth is the older of the two (2004 against 2006). Both are drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Birth
The Prestige| Birth | The Prestige | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.0/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2006 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 2h 10m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery | Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Jonathan Glazer | Christopher Nolan |
| Main cast | Peter Stormare, Nicole Kidman, Cara Seymour, Alison Elliott, Danny Huston | Michael Caine, Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Piper Perabo, Andy Serkis |
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.
The Prestige
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
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