Dead Souls vs The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Dead Souls and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs are tied on audience score (7/10). Dead Souls is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 2h 12m. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is the older of the two (2018 against 2025). Both are drama, western movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dead Souls
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs| Dead Souls | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 28m | 2h 12m |
| Genres | Drama, Western | Comedy, Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance, Western |
| Country | Spain | United States of America |
| Director | Alex Cox | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen |
| Main cast | Alex Cox, Zander Schloss, Edward Tudor-Pole, Dick Rude, Shayn Herndon | David Krumholtz, Clancy Brown, Tim Blake Nelson, James Franco, Willie Watson |
Synopsis
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.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.
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