Buried vs Shutter Island

Shutter Island has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.6/10 for Buried). Buried is the shorter watch at 1h 35m compared with 2h 18m. Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Buried posterBuried2010 VS Shutter Island posterShutter Island2010
BuriedShutter Island
Audience score★ 6.6/10★ 8.2/10
Year20102010
Length1h 35m2h 18m
GenresDrama, Mystery, ThrillerDrama, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorRodrigo CortésMartin Scorsese
Main castRobert Clotworthy, Ryan Reynolds, Kali Rocha, Samantha Mathis, Stephen TobolowskyJoseph Sikora, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio

Synopsis

Buried

Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.

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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