Dark City vs Twelve Monkeys

Twelve Monkeys has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 7.3/10 for Dark City). Dark City is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 9m. Twelve Monkeys is the older of the two (1995 against 1998). Both are mystery, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Dark City posterDark City1998 VS Twelve Monkeys posterTwelve Monkeys1995
Dark CityTwelve Monkeys
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 7.6/10
Year19981995
Length1h 40m2h 9m
GenresMystery, Science FictionMystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country––
DirectorAlex ProyasTerry Gilliam
Main castKiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Melissa George, Nicholas Bell, William HurtJon Seda, Matt Ross, David Morse, Christopher Meloni, Brad Pitt

Synopsis

Dark City

A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.

Twelve Monkeys

In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to…

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