Papillon vs The Proposition

Papillon has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 7/10 for The Proposition). The Proposition is the shorter watch at 1h 44m compared with 2h 14m. The Proposition is the older of the two (2005 against 2017). Both are adventure, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Papillon posterPapillon2017 VS The Proposition posterThe Proposition2005
PapillonThe Proposition
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 7.0/10
Year20172005
Length2h 14m1h 44m
GenresAdventure, Crime, DramaAction, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country––
DirectorMichael NoerJohn Hillcoat
Main castCharlie Hunnam, Eve Hewson, Rami Malek, Brian Vernel, Yorick van WageningenRichard Wilson, John Hurt, Noah Taylor, Emily Watson, Guy Pearce

Synopsis

Papillon

Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.

The Proposition

In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and murder. Venturing into one of the Outback's most inhospitable regions, Charlie faces a terrible moral dilemma that can end only in violence.

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