Born to Be Sold vs The Wizard of Lies

The Wizard of Lies has the higher audience score (6.6/10 against 3.8/10 for Born to Be Sold). Born to Be Sold is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 2h 13m. Born to Be Sold is the older of the two (1981 against 2017). Both are crime, thriller, tv movie movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Born to Be Sold posterBorn to Be Sold1981 VS The Wizard of Lies posterThe Wizard of Lies2017
Born to Be SoldThe Wizard of Lies
Audience score★ 3.8/10★ 6.6/10
Year19812017
Length1h 36m2h 13m
GenresCrime, Thriller, TV MovieCrime, Drama, History, Thriller, TV Movie
Country––
DirectorBurt BrinckerhoffBarry Levinson
Main castEd Nelson, Claire Malis, Dean Stockwell, Lynda Carter, Harold GouldAmanda Warren, Kristen Connolly, Lily Rabe, Robert De Niro, Hank Azaria

Synopsis

Born to Be Sold

A social worker tries to break up a ring of crooks who buy newborn babies from teenaged mothers and sell them to couples who can't obtain them through legal adoption channels.

The Wizard of Lies

A look behind the scenes at Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of destruction it left in its wake, both for the victims and Madoff's family.

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