Knowing vs The Maze Runner

The Maze Runner has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.2/10 for Knowing). The Maze Runner is the shorter watch at 1h 53m compared with 2h 1m. Knowing is the older of the two (2009 against 2014). Both are action, mystery, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Knowing posterKnowing2009 VS The Maze Runner posterThe Maze Runner2014
KnowingThe Maze Runner
Audience score★ 6.2/10★ 7.2/10
Year20092014
Length2h 1m1h 53m
GenresAction, Mystery, Science Fiction, ThrillerAction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country––
DirectorAlex ProyasWes Ball
Main castBen Mendelsohn, Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Alethea McGrath, Terry CamilleriKaya Scodelario, Patricia Clarkson, Joe Adler, Don McManus, Dylan O'Brien

Synopsis

Knowing

A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.

The Maze Runner

A teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze. As he struggles to adapt to their rules and society, he begins to uncover clues that may lead to escape and the truth behind their confinement.

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