Frontera vs The Nightingale

The Nightingale has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6.5/10 for Frontera). Frontera is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 2h 16m. Frontera is the older of the two (2014 against 2018). Both are drama, western movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Frontera posterFrontera2014 VS The Nightingale posterThe Nightingale2018
FronteraThe Nightingale
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 7.1/10
Year20142018
Length1h 43m2h 16m
GenresDrama, WesternDrama, Thriller, Western
Country––
DirectorMichael BerryJennifer Kent
Main castEd Harris, Eva Longoria, Aden Young, Amy Madigan, Michael PeñaDamon Herriman, Sam Claflin, Aisling Franciosi, Matthew Sunderland, Harry Greenwood

Synopsis

Frontera

After crossing the border illegally for work, Miguel, a hard-working father and devoted husband, finds himself wrongfully accused of murdering a former sheriff’s wife. After learning of his imprisonment, Miguel’s pregnant wife tries to come to his aid and lands in the hands of corrupt coyotes who hold her for ransom. Dissatisfied with the police department’s investigation, the former sheriff tries to uncover the truth about his wife’s death and…

The Nightingale

In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.

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