Impulse vs Shutter Island
Shutter Island has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 4.9/10 for Impulse). Impulse is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 2h 18m. Impulse is the older of the two (2008 against 2010). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Impulse
Shutter Island| Impulse | Shutter Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.9/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2010 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 2h 18m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Charles T. Kanganis | Martin Scorsese |
| Main cast | Robert Moloney, Nancy Sivak, Angus Macfadyen, Kathleen Duborg, C. Ernst Harth | Joseph Sikora, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio |
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.
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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