Shutter Island vs The Ugly
Shutter Island has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.1/10 for The Ugly). The Ugly is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h 18m. Shutter Island is the older of the two (2010 against 2025). Both are mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Shutter Island
The Ugly| Shutter Island | The Ugly | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2010 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h 18m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Martin Scorsese | Yeon Sang-ho |
| Main cast | Joseph Sikora, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio | Im Sung-jae, Kwon Hae-hyo, Park Jeong-min, Lee Hyun-kyun, Park Myung-shin |
Synopsis
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.
The Ugly
One day while overseeing a documentary crew filming his blind father at work, Im Dong-hwan gets a phone call that his missing mother’s remains have been found after forty years. Determined to find the truth of her disappearance, Dong-hwan embarks on a twisted odyssey through his family’s traumatic past, uncovering dark secrets along the way.
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