Imperium vs The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 6.5/10 for Imperium). Imperium is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 2016). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Imperium posterImperium2016 VS The Shawshank Redemption posterThe Shawshank Redemption1994
ImperiumThe Shawshank Redemption
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 8.7/10
Year20161994
Length1h 49m2h 22m
GenresCrime, DramaCrime, Drama
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorDaniel RagussisFrank Darabont
Main castDevin Druid, Sam Trammell, Nestor Carbonell, Toni Collette, Daniel RadcliffeClancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno

Synopsis

Imperium

Nate Foster, a young, idealistic FBI agent, goes undercover to take down a radical white supremacy terrorist group. The bright up-and-coming analyst must confront the challenge of sticking to a new identity while maintaining his real principles as he navigates the dangerous underworld of white supremacy. Inspired by real events.

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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