Dead Souls vs The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Dead Souls and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada are tied on audience score (7/10). Dead Souls is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 2h 1m. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is the older of the two (2005 against 2025). Both are drama, western movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Dead SoulsThe Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Audience score★ 7.0/10★ 7.0/10
Year20252005
Length1h 28m2h 1m
GenresDrama, WesternAdventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western
CountrySpain–
DirectorAlex CoxTommy Lee Jones
Main castAlex Cox, Zander Schloss, Edward Tudor-Pole, Dick Rude, Shayn HerndonJanuary Jones, Vanessa Bauche, Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Melissa Leo

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 Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and exhumes Estrada's corpse, and the odd caravan sets out on horseback for Mexico.

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