Searching vs Shutter Island
Shutter Island has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.6/10 for Searching). Searching is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h 18m. Shutter Island is the older of the two (2010 against 2018). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Searching
Shutter Island| Searching | Shutter Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2010 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 2h 18m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Aneesh Chaganty | Martin Scorsese |
| Main cast | John Cho, Melissa Disney, Ben Cain, Sean O'Bryan, Michelle La | Joseph Sikora, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio |
Synopsis
Searching
After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop.
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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