Bowling for Columbine vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 7.5/10 for Bowling for Columbine). Bowling for Columbine is the shorter watch at 2h compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 2002). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bowling for Columbine
The Shawshank Redemption| Bowling for Columbine | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 1994 |
| Length | 2h | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Documentary, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Michael Moore | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Michael Moore, Charlton Heston, Dick Clark, George W. Bush, George H. W. Bush | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
Bowling for Columbine
This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United States, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough to have the right to a constitutionally protected Uzi. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another…
The Shawshank Redemption
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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