Detainment vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 6.7/10 for Detainment). Detainment is the shorter watch at 30m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 2018). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Detainment
The Shawshank Redemption| Detainment | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 1994 |
| Length | 30m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Documentary, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Vincent Lambe | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Brian Fortune, Barbara Adair, Morgan C. Jones, Will O'Connell, Ely Solan | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
Detainment
Two ten year-old boys are detained by police under suspicion of abducting and murdering a toddler.
The Shawshank Redemption
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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