Heaven and Hell vs The Green Mile

The Green Mile has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 4.3/10 for Heaven and Hell). Heaven and Hell is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 3h 9m. Heaven and Hell is the older of the two (1969 against 1999). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Heaven and Hell posterHeaven and Hell1969 VS The Green Mile posterThe Green Mile1999
Heaven and HellThe Green Mile
Audience score★ 4.3/10★ 8.5/10
Year19691999
Length1h 34m3h 9m
GenresCrime, DramaCrime, Drama, Fantasy
Country–United States of America
DirectorØyvind VennerødFrank Darabont
Main castPer Jansen, Pål Skjønberg, Georg Richter, Kari Diesen, Sigrid HuunPatricia Clarkson, Tom Hanks, David Morse, Sam Rockwell, James Cromwell

Synopsis

Heaven and Hell

Norwegian propaganda film and cult drama about Eva (16) and Arne (17), both from well established homes, attend a class where a professor says that cannabis is safer than alcohol. Together with some friends they decide to try the drug. The start of a drug hell for all involved. The film was poorly received by the critics, but it nonetheless became one of the highest-grossing theater films in Norway in 1969.

The Green Mile

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.

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