Fried Green Tomatoes vs Green Book
Green Book has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.7/10 for Fried Green Tomatoes). Fried Green Tomatoes is the older of the two (1991 against 2018). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Fried Green Tomatoes
Green Book| Fried Green Tomatoes | Green Book | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 1991 | 2018 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 2h 10m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama, History |
| Country | United Kingdom | United States of America |
| Director | Jon Avnet | Peter Farrelly |
| Main cast | Mary-Louise Parker, Kathy Bates, Gailard Sartain, Cicely Tyson, Gary Basaraba | Sebastian Maniscalco, Viggo Mortensen, P.J. Byrne, Mahershala Ali, Joe Cortese |
Synopsis
Fried Green Tomatoes
Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in 1920s Whistle Stop, Alabama.
Green Book
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
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