Primal Fear vs Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Primal Fear has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.6/10 for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy). Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is the shorter watch at 2h 7m compared with 2h 9m. Primal Fear is the older of the two (1996 against 2011). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Primal Fear
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy| Primal Fear | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 1996 | 2011 |
| Length | 2h 9m | 2h 7m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Gregory Hoblit | Tomas Alfredson |
| Main cast | Jon Seda, Maura Tierney, Richard Gere, Alfre Woodard, Laura Linney | Tom Hardy, Stephen Graham, John Hurt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong |
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.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.
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