Dead Souls vs True Grit
True Grit 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 50m. True Grit is the older of the two (2010 against 2025). Both are drama, western movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dead Souls
True Grit| Dead Souls | True Grit | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2010 |
| Length | 1h 28m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Drama, Western | Adventure, Drama, 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 | Jeff Bridges, Elizabeth Marvel, Hailee Steinfeld, Josh Brolin, Matt Damon |
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.
True Grit
Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find—a man with 'true grit'—Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn.
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