Gravity vs The Day the Earth Stood Still

Gravity has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 5.6/10 for The Day the Earth Stood Still). Gravity is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 1h 44m. The Day the Earth Stood Still is the older of the two (2008 against 2013). Both are drama, science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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GravityThe Day the Earth Stood Still
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 5.6/10
Year20132008
Length1h 31m1h 44m
GenresDrama, Science Fiction, ThrillerDrama, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country––
DirectorAlfonso CuarónScott Derrickson
Main castEd Harris, Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Orto Ignatiussen, Phaldut SharmaJon Hamm, Robert Knepper, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jake McLaughlin

Synopsis

Gravity

Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer, is on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness of space. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any…

The Day the Earth Stood Still

A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides humankind shall be exterminated so the planet can survive.

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