Dheepan vs Prisoners
Prisoners has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.9/10 for Dheepan). Dheepan is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 2h 33m. Prisoners is the older of the two (2013 against 2015). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dheepan
Prisoners| Dheepan | Prisoners | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2015 | 2013 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 2h 33m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | France | United States of America |
| Director | Jacques Audiard | Denis Villeneuve |
| Main cast | Joséphine de Meaux, Vincent Rottiers, Antonythasan Jesuthasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby | Dylan Minnette, Len Cariou, Paul Dano, Jake Gyllenhaal, Terrence Howard |
Synopsis
Dheepan
Three war-torn strangers posing as a family flee Sri Lanka’s civil war to start over in a troubled Paris suburb, but their past traumas resurface as they struggle to survive in their new environment.
Prisoners
Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street.
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