Leviathan vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 7.4/10 for Leviathan). Leviathan is the shorter watch at 2h 21m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 2014). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Leviathan
The Shawshank Redemption| Leviathan | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 1994 |
| Length | 2h 21m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Aleksey Serebryakov, Aleksey Rozin, Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Roman Madyanov | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
Leviathan
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
The Shawshank Redemption
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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