Oldboy vs Proof
Oldboy has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.3/10 for Proof). Proof is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 2h . Oldboy is the older of the two (2003 against 2005). Both are drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Oldboy
Proof| Oldboy | Proof | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.3/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2005 |
| Length | 2h | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Park Chan-wook | John Madden |
| Main cast | Yoo Ji-tae, Kim Byeong-ok, Choi Min-sik, Ji Dae-han, Oh Dal-su | Jake Gyllenhaal, Anthony Hopkins, Hope Davis, Chipo Chung, Gwyneth Paltrow |
Synopsis
Oldboy
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
Proof
Catherine is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert, a brilliant and well-known mathematician whose grip on reality is beginning to slip away. As Robert descends into madness, Catherine begins to wonder if she may have inherited her father's mental illness along with his mathematical genius.