Rounders vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 7/10 for Rounders). Rounders is the shorter watch at 2h 1m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 1998). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Rounders
The Shawshank Redemption| Rounders | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 1998 | 1994 |
| Length | 2h 1m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | John Dahl | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Gretchen Mol, John Turturro, Famke Janssen, Matt Damon, John Malkovich | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
Rounders
A young reformed gambler must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.
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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