Rear Window vs The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 5.5/10 for Rear Window). Rear Window is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 2h 32m. Rear Window is the older of the two (1998 against 2008). Both are drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Rear Window posterRear Window1998 VS The Dark Knight posterThe Dark Knight2008
Rear WindowThe Dark Knight
Audience score★ 5.5/10★ 8.5/10
Year19982008
Length1h 29m2h 32m
GenresDrama, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorJeff BlecknerChristopher Nolan
Main castRobert Forster, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Ritchie Coster, Daryl Hannah, Christopher ReeveNestor Carbonell, Aaron Eckhart, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Cillian Murphy, Anthony Michael Hall

Synopsis

Rear Window

Jason Kemp, a recently paralyzed architect, lives in a high-tech apartment filled with assistive technology. As a quadriplegic confined to his home, he passes the long hours by spying on his neighbors from his apartment window. His innocent pastime takes a deadly turn when he believes he witnesses a murder. Determined to uncover the truth, Jason continues to dig deeper - eventually finding himself locked in a deadly game of cat and mouse.

The Dark Knight

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

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