Primal Fear vs Under the Silver Lake

Primal Fear has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.4/10 for Under the Silver Lake). Primal Fear is the shorter watch at 2h 9m compared with 2h 19m. Primal Fear is the older of the two (1996 against 2018). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Primal Fear posterPrimal Fear1996 VS Under the Silver Lake posterUnder the Silver Lake2018
Primal FearUnder the Silver Lake
Audience score★ 7.7/10★ 6.4/10
Year19962018
Length2h 9m2h 19m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery
CountryUnited States of AmericaUnited States of America
DirectorGregory HoblitDavid Robert Mitchell
Main castJon Seda, Maura Tierney, Richard Gere, Alfre Woodard, Laura LinneyJeremy Bobb, Jimmi Simpson, Zosia Mamet, Riley Keough, Don McManus

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.

Under the Silver Lake

Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy.

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