Hoodlum vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 6.4/10 for Hoodlum). Hoodlum is the shorter watch at 2h 10m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 1997). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hoodlum
The Shawshank Redemption| Hoodlum | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.4/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 1994 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Bill Duke | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Chi McBride, Laurence Fishburne, Queen Latifah, Loretta Devine, Vanessa Williams | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
Hoodlum
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.
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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