Nightmare Alley vs Prisoners

Prisoners has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7/10 for Nightmare Alley). Nightmare Alley is the shorter watch at 2h 30m compared with 2h 33m. Prisoners is the older of the two (2013 against 2021). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Nightmare Alley posterNightmare Alley2021 VS Prisoners posterPrisoners2013
Nightmare AlleyPrisoners
Audience score★ 7.0/10★ 8.1/10
Year20212013
Length2h 30m2h 33m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorGuillermo del ToroDenis Villeneuve
Main castHolt McCallany, Jim Beaver, Bradley Cooper, Mary Steenburgen, Paul AndersonDylan Minnette, Len Cariou, Paul Dano, Jake Gyllenhaal, Terrence Howard

Synopsis

Nightmare Alley

An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.

Prisoners

Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street.

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