Dances with Wolves vs Dead Souls
Dances with Wolves has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7/10 for Dead Souls). Dead Souls is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 3h 1m. Dances with Wolves is the older of the two (1990 against 2025). Both are drama, western movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Dances with Wolves | Dead Souls | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 1990 | 2025 |
| Length | 3h 1m | 1h 28m |
| Genres | Adventure, Drama, Western | Drama, Western |
| Country | – | Spain |
| Director | Kevin Costner | Alex Cox |
| Main cast | Mary McDonnell, Kevin Costner, Robert Pastorelli, Maury Chaykin, Tantoo Cardinal | Alex Cox, Zander Schloss, Edward Tudor-Pole, Dick Rude, Shayn Herndon |
Synopsis
Dances with Wolves
Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
Dead Souls
In 1890, the year of the U.S. census, chaos erupts when a stranger named Strindler arrives in a small town in Arizona and requests money for providing the names of dead Mexican laborers. Adapted from the novel by Nikolai Gogol.
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