My Name Ain't Johnny vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 7.1/10 for My Name Ain't Johnny). My Name Ain't Johnny is the shorter watch at 2h 4m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 2008). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
My Name Ain't Johnny
The Shawshank Redemption| My Name Ain't Johnny | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 1994 |
| Length | 2h 4m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Mauro Lima | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Selton Mello, Gillray Coutinho, Cleo, Júlia Lemmertz, Cássia Kis | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
My Name Ain't Johnny
The true story of João Guilherme Estrella ("Johnny"), a young middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990s.
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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