Impulse vs Searching
Searching has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 4.9/10 for Impulse). Impulse is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 1h 42m. Impulse is the older of the two (2008 against 2018). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Impulse | Searching | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.9/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Charles T. Kanganis | Aneesh Chaganty |
| Main cast | Robert Moloney, Nancy Sivak, Angus Macfadyen, Kathleen Duborg, C. Ernst Harth | John Cho, Melissa Disney, Ben Cain, Sean O'Bryan, Michelle La |
Synopsis
Impulse
Acting on impulse, Claire Dennison, enjoys a brief fling with a sexy stranger (a dead ringer for her husband), only to realize that the object of her desire is a crazed, manipulative, and tenacious psychopath.
Searching
After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop.
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