Outerlands vs Shutter Island

Shutter Island has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 2.5/10 for Outerlands). Outerlands is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 18m. Shutter Island is the older of the two (2010 against 2025). Both are drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Outerlands posterOuterlands2025 VS Shutter Island posterShutter Island2010
OuterlandsShutter Island
Audience score★ 2.5/10★ 8.2/10
Year20252010
Length1h 40m2h 18m
GenresDrama, MysteryDrama, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorElena OxmanMartin Scorsese
Main castAsia Kate Dillon, Lea DeLaria, Louisa Krause, Daniel K. Isaac, Ridley Asha BatemanJoseph Sikora, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio

Synopsis

Outerlands

Cass juggles jobs as a nanny, restaurant server, and party drug dealer in order to make ends meet and pay for their tiny San Francisco apartment. After a one night stand with Kalli, a co-worker they have a crush on, Cass agrees to watch her 11-year-old daughter, Ari, while she goes out of town. But as days pass without word from Kalli, Cass and Ari form a bond that spirals Cass back to their own difficult childhood and the pain they’ve been…

Shutter Island

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.

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