Gattaca vs The Discovery

Gattaca has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.3/10 for The Discovery). The Discovery is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 1h 47m. Gattaca is the older of the two (1997 against 2017). Both are mystery, romance, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Gattaca posterGattaca1997 VS The Discovery posterThe Discovery2017
GattacaThe Discovery
Audience score★ 7.6/10★ 6.3/10
Year19972017
Length1h 47m1h 42m
GenresMystery, Romance, Science Fiction, ThrillerDrama, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country––
DirectorAndrew NiccolCharlie McDowell
Main castTony Shalhoub, Ethan Hawke, Jude Law, Uma Thurman, Loren DeanMary Steenburgen, Jason Segel, Riley Keough, Jesse Plemons, Rooney Mara

Synopsis

Gattaca

Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation.

The Discovery

In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is now definitive proof of an afterlife. While countless people have chosen suicide to reset their existence, others try to decide what it all means. Among them is Dr. Harbor's son Will, who has arrived at his father's isolated compound with a mysterious young woman named Isla. There, they discover the strange acolytes who help Dr. Harbor with his…

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