Schindler's List vs Silence

Schindler's List has the higher audience score (8.6/10 against 7.1/10 for Silence). Silence is the shorter watch at 2h 41m compared with 3h 15m. Schindler's List is the older of the two (1993 against 2016). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood. Both feature Liam Neeson.

Schindler's List posterSchindler's List1993 VS Silence posterSilence2016
Schindler's ListSilence
Audience score★ 8.6/10★ 7.1/10
Year19932016
Length3h 15m2h 41m
GenresDrama, History, WarDrama, History
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorSteven SpielbergMartin Scorsese
Main castCaroline Goodall, Mark Ivanir, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Ben KingsleyTadanobu Asano, Yoshi Oida, Liam Neeson, Issey Ogata, Shinya Tsukamoto

Synopsis

Schindler's List

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

Silence

In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.

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