Kill the Messenger vs True Story
Kill the Messenger has the higher audience score (6.6/10 against 6.3/10 for True Story). True Story is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 1h 52m. Kill the Messenger is the older of the two (2014 against 2015). Both are crime, drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Kill the Messenger
True Story| Kill the Messenger | True Story | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2015 |
| Length | 1h 52m | 1h 39m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, History, Mystery |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Michael Cuesta | Rupert Goold |
| Main cast | Richard Schiff, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jeremy Renner, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosemarie DeWitt | Gretchen Mol, Maria Dizzia, Betty Gilpin, Ethan Suplee, James Franco |
Synopsis
Kill the Messenger
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.
True Story
A drama centered on the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the U.S. under Finkel's name.
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