Kill Your Darlings vs The Illusionist

The Illusionist has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 7/10 for Kill Your Darlings). Kill Your Darlings is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 1h 50m. The Illusionist is the older of the two (2006 against 2013). Both are drama, romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Kill Your Darlings posterKill Your Darlings2013 VS The Illusionist posterThe Illusionist2006
Kill Your DarlingsThe Illusionist
Audience score★ 7.0/10★ 7.3/10
Year20132006
Length1h 43m1h 50m
GenresDrama, Romance, ThrillerDrama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorJohn KrokidasNeil Burger
Main castMichael C. Hall, Elizabeth Olsen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Zach Appelman, Dane DeHaanEddie Marsan, Paul Giamatti, Eleanor Tomlinson, Jessica Biel, Edward Norton

Synopsis

Kill Your Darlings

A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.

The Illusionist

With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged inspector.

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