Robinson Crusoe vs Touching the Void

Touching the Void has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 5.9/10 for Robinson Crusoe). Robinson Crusoe is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 46m. Robinson Crusoe is the older of the two (1997 against 2003). Both are action, adventure, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Robinson Crusoe posterRobinson Crusoe1997 VS Touching the Void posterTouching the Void2003
Robinson CrusoeTouching the Void
Audience score★ 5.9/10★ 7.6/10
Year19972003
Length1h 32m1h 46m
GenresAction, Adventure, DramaAction, Adventure, Documentary, Drama
CountryUnited States of AmericaUnited Kingdom
DirectorGeorge T. Miller, Rod HardyKevin Macdonald
Main castPolly Walker, Ian Hart, Pierce Brosnan, James Frain, Damian LewisNicholas Aaron, Brendan Mackey, Ollie Ryall, Joe Simpson, Richard Hawking

Synopsis

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe flees Britain on a ship after killing his friend over the love of Mary. A fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship and leaves him stranded by himself on an uncharted island. Left to fend for himself, Crusoe seeks out a tentative survival on the island, until he meets Friday, a tribesman whom he saves from being sacrificed. Initially, Crusoe is thrilled to finally have a friend, but he has to defend himself against the tribe who uses…

Touching the Void

The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.

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