Mysterious Skin vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.7/10 for Mysterious Skin). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 45m. Mysterious Skin is the older of the two (2005 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Mysterious Skin
The French Italian| Mysterious Skin | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2005 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 45m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | United States of America |
| Director | Gregg Araki | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Elisabeth Shue, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Bill Sage, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Chris Mulkey | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Mysterious Skin
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
The French Italian
Doug and Valerie have made a mistake. Their hate-fueled obsession with the jerks downstairs — who always seem to be singing karaoke in a brownstone, who even does that? — recently led them to flee the city for Doug’s parents’ place upstate, giving up a great deal on a rent-stabilized apartment. Their friends are horrified, and regret is setting in. They start plotting their revenge— and before they know it, they’re staging an off-Broadway play…
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