Dead Souls vs The Rider
The Rider has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 7/10 for Dead Souls). Dead Souls is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 1h 43m. The Rider is the older of the two (2018 against 2025). Both are drama, western movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dead Souls
The Rider| Dead Souls | The Rider | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 28m | 1h 43m |
| Genres | Drama, Western | Drama, Western |
| Country | Spain | – |
| Director | Alex Cox | Chloé Zhao |
| Main cast | Alex Cox, Zander Schloss, Edward Tudor-Pole, Dick Rude, Shayn Herndon | Brady Jandreau, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau, Cat Clifford, Terri Dawn Pourier |
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 Rider
Once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, and a gifted horse trainer, young cowboy Brady is warned that his riding days are over after a horse crushed his skull at a rodeo. In an attempt to regain control of his own fate, Brady undertakes a search for a new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of the United States.
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