Hinckley vs The Imposter

Hinckley has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.3/10 for The Imposter). Hinckley is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 1h 39m. The Imposter is the older of the two (2012 against 2024). Both are crime, documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Hinckley posterHinckley2024 VS The Imposter posterThe Imposter2012
HinckleyThe Imposter
Audience score★ 9.0/10★ 7.3/10
Year20242012
Length1h 33m1h 39m
GenresCrime, Documentary, HistoryCrime, Documentary, Mystery
CountryAustralia–
DirectorNeil McGregorBart Layton
Main castJodie Foster, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, John Lennon, John Hinckley Jr.Ken Appledorn, Frédéric Bourdin, Adam O'Brian, Anna Ruben, Cathy Dresbach

Synopsis

Hinckley

In March 1981, inspired by a dangerous obsession with the film Taxi Driver and actress Jodie Foster, a man named John Hinckley tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. The attack shocked the world and forever changed American history. Found not guilty by reason of insanity, Hinckley spent thirty-five years in a psychiatric hospital. Nearly 40 years later, a judge granted him his unconditional release. HINCKLEY presents an unsparing profile…

The Imposter

In 1994 a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later he is found alive thousands of miles away in a village in southern Spain with a horrifying story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems.

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