Identity vs Shutter Island

Shutter Island has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.2/10 for Identity). Identity is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 18m. Identity is the older of the two (2003 against 2010). Both are mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Identity posterIdentity2003 VS Shutter Island posterShutter Island2010
IdentityShutter Island
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 8.2/10
Year20032010
Length1h 30m2h 18m
GenresMystery, ThrillerDrama, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorJames MangoldMartin Scorsese
Main castJohn Hawkes, Ray Liotta, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Amanda Peet, John CusackJoseph Sikora, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio

Synopsis

Identity

Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.

Shutter Island

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.

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