Cry Macho vs The Nightingale
The Nightingale has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6/10 for Cry Macho). Cry Macho is the shorter watch at 1h 44m compared with 2h 16m. The Nightingale is the older of the two (2018 against 2021). Both are drama, western movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Cry Macho
The Nightingale| Cry Macho | The Nightingale | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.0/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2021 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 44m | 2h 16m |
| Genres | Drama, Western | Drama, Thriller, Western |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Clint Eastwood | Jennifer Kent |
| Main cast | Clint Eastwood, Horacio García Rojas, Marco Rodríguez, Eduardo Minett, Natalia Traven | Damon Herriman, Sam Claflin, Aisling Franciosi, Matthew Sunderland, Harry Greenwood |
Synopsis
Cry Macho
A one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home from Mexico.
The Nightingale
In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.
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