Contact vs The Discovery
Contact has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 6.3/10 for The Discovery). The Discovery is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h 30m. Contact is the older of the two (1997 against 2017). Both are drama, mystery, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Contact
The Discovery| Contact | The Discovery | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2017 |
| Length | 2h 30m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction | Drama, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Robert Zemeckis | Charlie McDowell |
| Main cast | John Hurt, Rob Lowe, Jena Malone, Jodie Foster, Angela Bassett | Mary Steenburgen, Jason Segel, Riley Keough, Jesse Plemons, Rooney Mara |
Synopsis
Contact
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
The Discovery
In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is now definitive proof of an afterlife. While countless people have chosen suicide to reset their existence, others try to decide what it all means. Among them is Dr. Harbor's son Will, who has arrived at his father's isolated compound with a mysterious young woman named Isla. There, they discover the strange acolytes who help Dr. Harbor with his…
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