Cool Runnings vs Hector and the Search for Happiness
Cool Runnings has the higher audience score (7/10 against 6.7/10 for Hector and the Search for Happiness). Cool Runnings is the shorter watch at 1h 38m compared with 1h 54m. Cool Runnings is the older of the two (1993 against 2014). Both are adventure, comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Cool Runnings | Hector and the Search for Happiness | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 1993 | 2014 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 1h 54m |
| Genres | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | Adventure, Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Jon Turteltaub | Peter Chelsom |
| Main cast | Peter Outerbridge, John Candy, Raymond J. Barry, Leon, Doug E. Doug | Ming Zhao, Rosamund Pike, Christopher Plummer, Toni Collette, Jean Reno |
Synopsis
Cool Runnings
When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican bobsled team.
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive…
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