Breakdown vs The Bone Collector

Breakdown has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 6.8/10 for The Bone Collector). Breakdown is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 1h 58m. Breakdown is the older of the two (1997 against 1999). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Breakdown posterBreakdown1997 VS The Bone Collector posterThe Bone Collector1999
BreakdownThe Bone Collector
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 6.8/10
Year19971999
Length1h 33m1h 58m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorJonathan MostowPhillip Noyce
Main castKurt Russell, Jack Noseworthy, Jack McGee, Rex Linn, M.C. GaineyLeland Orser, Queen Latifah, Angelina Jolie, Denzel Washington, Michael Rooker

Synopsis

Breakdown

On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff…

The Bone Collector

Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and incapable of working. But when a gruesome murder in Manhattan leaves detectives baffled, they call on Rhyme to help solve the mystery. Amelia Donaghy, a rookie cop whose quick thinking preserved a gruesome murder scene, is enlisted by Rhyme to be his on-the-scene forensics expert. With Amelia…

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