GoodFellas vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 8.5/10 for GoodFellas). The Shawshank Redemption is the shorter watch at 2h 22m compared with 2h 25m. GoodFellas is the older of the two (1990 against 1994). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
GoodFellas
The Shawshank Redemption| GoodFellas | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.5/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 1990 | 1994 |
| Length | 2h 25m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Martin Scorsese | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Frank Vincent, Tony Darrow, Lorraine Bracco | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
GoodFellas
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
The Shawshank Redemption
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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