Cloud Atlas vs The Prestige

The Prestige has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.9/10 for Cloud Atlas). The Prestige is the shorter watch at 2h 10m compared with 2h 52m. The Prestige is the older of the two (2006 against 2012). Both are drama, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Cloud Atlas posterCloud Atlas2012 VS The Prestige posterThe Prestige2006
Cloud AtlasThe Prestige
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 8.2/10
Year20122006
Length2h 52m2h 10m
GenresDrama, Science FictionDrama, Mystery, Science Fiction
Country––
DirectorLana Wachowski, Lilly WachowskiChristopher Nolan
Main castBen Whishaw, Halle Berry, Bae Doona, Keith David, David GyasiMichael Caine, Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Piper Perabo, Andy Serkis

Synopsis

Cloud Atlas

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future…

The Prestige

A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

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