Encounter vs Searching
Searching has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.3/10 for Encounter). Searching is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 1h 48m. Searching is the older of the two (2018 against 2021). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Encounter
Searching| Encounter | Searching | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.3/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2021 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Michael Pearce | Aneesh Chaganty |
| Main cast | Misha Collins, Janina Gavankar, Shane McRae, Antonio Jaramillo, Octavia Spencer | John Cho, Melissa Disney, Ben Cain, Sean O'Bryan, Michelle La |
Synopsis
Encounter
A decorated Marine goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from an unhuman threat. As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous directions, the boys will need to leave their childhoods behind.
Searching
After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop.
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