Desierto vs Turbulence

Turbulence has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.2/10 for Desierto). Desierto is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 1h 31m. Desierto is the older of the two (2015 against 2025). Both are drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Desierto posterDesierto2015 VS Turbulence posterTurbulence2025
DesiertoTurbulence
Audience score★ 6.2/10★ 10.0/10
Year20152025
Length1h 28m1h 31m
GenresDrama, ThrillerAction, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorJonás CuarónClaudio Fäh
Main castJeffrey Dean Morgan, Gael García Bernal, Marco Pérez, Lew Temple, Diego CatañoHera Hilmar, Jeremy Irvine, Kelsey Grammer, Olga Kurylenko, Jon Wennington

Synopsis

Desierto

A group of Mexican emigrants attempts to cross the Mexican-US border. What begins as a hopeful journey becomes a harrowing, bloody and primal fight for survival when a deranged, rifle-toting vigilante and his loyal Belgian Malinois dog chase the group of unarmed men and women through the treacherous borderland. In the harsh, unforgiving desert terrain, the odds are stacked firmly against them as they discover there’s nowhere to hide from the…

Turbulence

Young married couple Zach and Emmy decide to take a hot air balloon trip across the Italian Dolomites to rekindle their relationship. When they and pilot Harry are joined by a third passenger, Julia, events unfold in ways they could never imagine five thousand meters in the air.

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