High Crimes vs Mystic River

Mystic River has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.4/10 for High Crimes). High Crimes is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 2h 18m. High Crimes is the older of the two (2002 against 2003). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

High Crimes posterHigh Crimes2002 VS Mystic River posterMystic River2003
High CrimesMystic River
Audience score★ 6.4/10★ 7.7/10
Year20022003
Length1h 55m2h 18m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorCarl FranklinClint Eastwood
Main castMichael Shannon, Jim Caviezel, Amanda Peet, Emilio Rivera, Adam ScottKevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Chapman, Tim Robbins, Laura Linney

Synopsis

High Crimes

A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military cover-up, the attorney defends him in a military court.

Mystic River

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.

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