In Her Name vs The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 6.8/10 for In Her Name). In Her Name is the shorter watch at 1h 27m 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.

In Her Name posterIn Her Name2016 VS The Shawshank Redemption posterThe Shawshank Redemption1994
In Her NameThe Shawshank Redemption
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 8.7/10
Year20161994
Length1h 27m2h 22m
GenresCrime, DramaCrime, Drama
Country––
DirectorVincent GarenqFrank Darabont
Main castDaniel Auteuil, Marie-Josée Croze, Sebastian Koch, Tom Hudson, Natalie BederClancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno

Synopsis

In Her Name

In 1982, André Bamberski learns about the death of his 14 year-old daughter, Kalinka, while she was on vacation with her mother and stepfather in Germany. Convinced that Kalinka’s death was not an accident, Bamberski begins to investigate. A botched autopsy report raises his suspicions and leads him to accuse Kalinka’s stepfather, Dr Dieter Krombach, as the murderer. Unable to indict Krombach in Germany, Bamberski attempts to take the trial to…

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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