Groom's Block vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 5.6/10 for Groom's Block). Groom's Block is the shorter watch at 1h 44m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 2017). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Groom's Block
The Shawshank Redemption| Groom's Block | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.6/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2017 | 1994 |
| Length | 1h 44m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | İlker Savaşkurt | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Musa Can Pekcan, Diyar Karataş, Barış Atay, Caner Erdem, Halit Karaata | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
Groom's Block
Groom's Block is slang in Turkey for prison sections holding those accused of serious sex crimes. The film's story and characters are drawn from everyday life. In the Groom's Block, the guards and prison governor manipulate tensions, as prisoners push each other to the edge of existence. We experience the tension and paradox of a violent prison and justice systems reflecting the shifting moral norms and structure of Turkish society. The jailed…
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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