Stay vs The Game
The Game has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.6/10 for Stay). Stay is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 2h 9m. The Game is the older of the two (1997 against 2005). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Stay
The Game| Stay | The Game | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2005 | 1997 |
| Length | 1h 39m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Marc Forster | David Fincher |
| Main cast | Jessica Hecht, Elizabeth Reaser, Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling, Janeane Garofalo | James Rebhorn, Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, Charles Martinet |
Synopsis
Stay
Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his parents. As reality starts to contradict fact, Sam spirals into an unstable mental state. Then he finds a clue as to how and when Henry may try to kill himself, and races to try to stop him.
The Game
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.