Blindness vs Shutter Island

Shutter Island has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.5/10 for Blindness). Blindness is the shorter watch at 2h 1m compared with 2h 18m. Blindness is the older of the two (2008 against 2010). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood. Both feature Mark Ruffalo.

Blindness posterBlindness2008 VS Shutter Island posterShutter Island2010
BlindnessShutter Island
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 8.2/10
Year20082010
Length2h 1m2h 18m
GenresDrama, Mystery, Science Fiction, ThrillerDrama, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorFernando MeirellesMartin Scorsese
Main castAlice Braga, Sandra Oh, Gael García Bernal, Mark Ruffalo, Maury ChaykinJoseph Sikora, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio

Synopsis

Blindness

When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.

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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