Primal Fear vs Shutter Island
Shutter Island has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.7/10 for Primal Fear). Primal Fear is the shorter watch at 2h 9m compared with 2h 18m. Primal Fear is the older of the two (1996 against 2010). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Primal Fear
Shutter Island| Primal Fear | Shutter Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 1996 | 2010 |
| Length | 2h 9m | 2h 18m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Gregory Hoblit | Martin Scorsese |
| Main cast | Jon Seda, Maura Tierney, Richard Gere, Alfre Woodard, Laura Linney | Joseph Sikora, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio |
Synopsis
Primal Fear
An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a third person in the room.
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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