In the Line of Fire vs The Girl on the Train

In the Line of Fire has the higher audience score (7/10 against 6.4/10 for The Girl on the Train). The Girl on the Train is the shorter watch at 1h 52m compared with 2h 8m. In the Line of Fire is the older of the two (1993 against 2016). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

In the Line of Fire posterIn the Line of Fire1993 VS The Girl on the Train posterThe Girl on the Train2016
In the Line of FireThe Girl on the Train
Audience score★ 7.0/10★ 6.4/10
Year19932016
Length2h 8m1h 52m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorWolfgang PetersenTate Taylor
Main castGary Cole, Dylan McDermott, Gregory Alan Williams, Tobin Bell, Clint EastwoodEmily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Darren Goldstein, Lisa Kudrow, Justin Theroux

Synopsis

In the Line of Fire

Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.

The Girl on the Train

Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.

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