Dorian Gray vs The Devil's Backbone
The Devil's Backbone has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 6/10 for Dorian Gray). The Devil's Backbone is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 1h 52m. The Devil's Backbone is the older of the two (2001 against 2009). Both are drama, fantasy, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dorian Gray
The Devil's Backbone| Dorian Gray | The Devil's Backbone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.0/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2001 |
| Length | 1h 52m | 1h 48m |
| Genres | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Oliver Parker | Guillermo del Toro |
| Main cast | Ben Barnes, Fiona Shaw, Caroline Goodall, Pip Torrens, Douglas Henshall | Eduardo Noriega, Francisco Maestre, Marisa Paredes, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve |
Synopsis
Dorian Gray
Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton, handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray becomes obsessed with maintaining his youthful appearance, and commissions a special portrait that will weather the winds of time while he remains forever young. When Gray's obsession spirals out of control, his desperate attempts to safeguard his secret turn his once-privileged life into a living hell.
The Devil's Backbone
Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.
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