Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars vs The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7/10 for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada). Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars is the shorter watch at 1h 2m compared with 2h 1m. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is the older of the two (2005 against 2009). Both are adventure, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars posterDoctor Who: The Waters of Mars2009 VS The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada posterThe Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada2005
Doctor Who: The Waters of MarsThe Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Audience score★ 7.9/10★ 7.0/10
Year20092005
Length1h 2m2h 1m
GenresAdventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, TV MovieAdventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorGraeme HarperTommy Lee Jones
Main castLindsay Duncan, David Tennant, Gemma Chan, Michael Goldsmith, Sharon Duncan-BrewsterJanuary Jones, Vanessa Bauche, Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Melissa Leo

Synopsis

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars

In a Mars base, the inhabitants are being infected by a mysterious water creature which takes over its victims. The Doctor is thrust into the middle of this catastrophe, knowing a larger one is waiting around the corner.

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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