Black Butterfly vs Shutter Island

Shutter Island has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.2/10 for Black Butterfly). Black Butterfly is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 2h 18m. Shutter Island is the older of the two (2010 against 2017). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Black Butterfly posterBlack Butterfly2017 VS Shutter Island posterShutter Island2010
Black ButterflyShutter Island
Audience score★ 6.2/10★ 8.2/10
Year20172010
Length1h 33m2h 18m
GenresDrama, Mystery, ThrillerDrama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorBrian GoodmanMartin Scorsese
Main castJonathan Rhys Meyers, Piper Perabo, Antonio Banderas, Nicholas Aaron, Vincent RiottaJoseph Sikora, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio

Synopsis

Black Butterfly

Paul is a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who picks up a drifter and offers him a place to stay. However, when the deranged stranger takes Paul hostage and forces him to write, their unhinged relationship brings buried secrets to light.

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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