Lawless vs The Homesman
Lawless has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6.5/10 for The Homesman). Lawless is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 2h 2m. Lawless is the older of the two (2012 against 2014). Both are drama, western movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Lawless
The Homesman| Lawless | The Homesman | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2014 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 2h 2m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Western | Drama, Western |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | John Hillcoat | Tommy Lee Jones |
| Main cast | Tom Hardy, Bill Camp, Noah Taylor, Jessica Chastain, Dane DeHaan | John Lithgow, James Spader, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto, Hailee Steinfeld |
Synopsis
Lawless
In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business — bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest is the brain of the operation; older Howard is the brawn, and younger Jack, the lookout. Though the local police have taken bribes and left the brothers alone, a violent war erupts when a sadistic lawman from Chicago arrives and tries to shut down the Bondurants operation.
The Homesman
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs, to join her. The unlikely pair and the three women head east, where a waiting minister and his wife have offered to…
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