Lone Star vs The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

Lone Star has the higher audience score (7/10 against 6.7/10 for The Vanishing of Sidney Hall). The Vanishing of Sidney Hall is the shorter watch at 1h 57m compared with 2h 15m. Lone Star is the older of the two (1996 against 2018). Both are drama, mystery, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Lone Star posterLone Star1996 VS The Vanishing of Sidney Hall posterThe Vanishing of Sidney Hall2018
Lone StarThe Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Audience score★ 7.0/10★ 6.7/10
Year19962018
Length2h 15m1h 57m
GenresDrama, Mystery, RomanceDrama, Mystery, Romance
Country––
DirectorJohn SaylesShawn Christensen
Main castChris Cooper, Frances McDormand, Joe Morton, Matthew McConaughey, Jeff MonahanJanina Gavankar, Nathan Lane, Michelle Monaghan, Darren Pettie, Logan Lerman

Synopsis

Lone Star

When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

Over the course of 12 years, and three stages of life, Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace.

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