Instinct vs Oldboy
Oldboy has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.5/10 for Instinct). Oldboy is the shorter watch at 2h compared with 2h 4m. Instinct is the older of the two (1999 against 2003). Both are drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Instinct
Oldboy| Instinct | Oldboy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 8.3/10 |
| Year | 1999 | 2003 |
| Length | 2h 4m | 2h |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Jon Turteltaub | Park Chan-wook |
| Main cast | Maura Tierney, Anthony Hopkins, Donald Sutherland, Cuba Gooding Jr., John Ashton | Yoo Ji-tae, Kim Byeong-ok, Choi Min-sik, Ji Dae-han, Oh Dal-su |
Synopsis
Instinct
In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth, Caulder will eventually risk everything—even put his very life on the line—in a harrowing attempt to understand the bizarre actions of this madman.
Oldboy
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
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