Inherent Vice vs The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6.5/10 for Inherent Vice). The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is the shorter watch at 2h 12m compared with 2h 29m. Inherent Vice is the older of the two (2014 against 2018). Both are comedy, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Inherent Vice
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs| Inherent Vice | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2018 |
| Length | 2h 29m | 2h 12m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Mystery | Comedy, Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance, Western |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Paul Thomas Anderson | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen |
| Main cast | Michael Kenneth Williams, Sasha Pieterse, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston, Jena Malone | David Krumholtz, Clancy Brown, Tim Blake Nelson, James Franco, Willie Watson |
Synopsis
Inherent Vice
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.
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