Body of Lies vs Captain Phillips
Captain Phillips has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.6/10 for Body of Lies). Body of Lies is the shorter watch at 2h 8m compared with 2h 14m. Body of Lies is the older of the two (2008 against 2013). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Body of Lies
Captain Phillips| Body of Lies | Captain Phillips | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2013 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 2h 14m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Thriller | Action, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Ridley Scott | Paul Greengrass |
| Main cast | Oscar Isaac, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mark Strong, Simon McBurney, Ali Suliman | Tom Hanks, Max Martini, Chris Mulkey, Catherine Keener, Michael Chernus |
Synopsis
Body of Lies
The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – watches Ferris. At the other end of that real-time link is the CIA’s Ed Hoffman, strategizing events from thousands of miles away. And as Ferris nears the target, he discovers trust can be just as dangerous as…
Captain Phillips
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
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