Requiem for a Dream vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 8/10 for Requiem for a Dream). Requiem for a Dream is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 2000). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Requiem for a Dream
The Shawshank Redemption| Requiem for a Dream | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 1994 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Darren Aronofsky | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Jared Leto, Ellen Burstyn, Christopher McDonald | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
Requiem for a Dream
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
The Shawshank Redemption
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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