Road vs Shutter Island
Shutter Island has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 4.5/10 for Road). Road is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 18m. Road is the older of the two (2005 against 2010). Both are drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Road
Shutter Island| Road | Shutter Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.5/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2005 | 2010 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 18m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Leslie McCleave | Martin Scorsese |
| Main cast | Chris Messina, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Jayne Houdyshell, Peter Appel, Catherine Kellner | Joseph Sikora, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio |
Synopsis
Road
Two exes take a dual-purpose road trip: allow Margaret (Catherine Kellner), a freelance photographer, to complete her assignment to check up on toxic waste sites along the U.S.-Canadian border, and deliver Jay (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) home to his mother's house in Detroit. The trip takes a turn for the weird as they begin to suspect they are trapped.
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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