Picnic vs The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.7/10 for Picnic). Picnic is the shorter watch at 1h 12m compared with 2h 58m. Picnic is the older of the two (1996 against 2024). Both are adventure, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Picnic posterPicnic1996 VS The Count of Monte Cristo posterThe Count of Monte Cristo2024
PicnicThe Count of Monte Cristo
Audience score★ 6.7/10★ 8.0/10
Year19962024
Length1h 12m2h 58m
GenresAdventure, DramaAction, Adventure, Drama
Country––
DirectorShunji IwaiAlexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte
Main castTadanobu Asano, Chara, Koichi Hashizume, Naomasa Musaka, Fujiko YamamotoLaurent Lafitte, Pierre Niney, Bastien Bouillon, Anaïs Demoustier, Pierfrancesco Favino

Synopsis

Picnic

Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a picnic spot with the best vantage point to view the final event.

The Count of Monte Cristo

Edmond Dantes becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.

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