Cold Fish vs Riding the Bullet

Cold Fish has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 5.1/10 for Riding the Bullet). Riding the Bullet is the shorter watch at 1h 38m compared with 2h 26m. Riding the Bullet is the older of the two (2004 against 2011). Both are drama, horror, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Cold Fish posterCold Fish2011 VS Riding the Bullet posterRiding the Bullet2004
Cold FishRiding the Bullet
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 5.1/10
Year20112004
Length2h 26m1h 38m
GenresCrime, Drama, Horror, ThrillerDrama, Horror, Thriller
CountryJapan–
DirectorSion SonoMick Garris
Main castDenden, Tarō Suwa, Makoto Ashikawa, Tetsu Watanabe, Masaki MiuraErika Christensen, David Arquette, Nicky Katt, Barbara Hershey, Matt Frewer

Synopsis

Cold Fish

Shamoto runs a small tropical fish shop. When his daughter Mitsuko is caught shoplifting at a grocery store a man named Murata steps in to settle things between the girl and the store manager. Murata also runs a tropical fish shop and he and Shamoto soon become friendly. However Murata hides many dark secrets behind his friendly face.

Riding the Bullet

In 1969, while studying at the University of Maine, artist Alan Parker becomes obsessed with death. Believing he is losing his girlfriend, he tries to commit suicide on his birthday but his friends manage to stop him. He receives news that his mother has had a stroke and decides to hitchhike to visit her at the hospital.

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