Contact vs The Vast of Night
Contact has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 6.6/10 for The Vast of Night). The Vast of Night is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 2h 30m. Contact is the older of the two (1997 against 2019). Both are drama, mystery, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Contact
The Vast of Night| Contact | The Vast of Night | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2019 |
| Length | 2h 30m | 1h 31m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction | Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Robert Zemeckis | Andrew Patterson |
| Main cast | John Hurt, Rob Lowe, Jena Malone, Jodie Foster, Angela Bassett | Bruce Davis, Sierra McCormick, Mollie Milligan, Jake Horowitz, Gail Cronauer |
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 Vast of Night
At the dawn of the space-race, two radio-obsessed teens discover a strange frequency over the airwaves in what becomes the most important night of their lives and in the history of their small town.
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