Stay vs The Secret in Their Eyes

The Secret in Their Eyes has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.6/10 for Stay). Stay is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 2h 10m. Stay is the older of the two (2005 against 2009). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Stay posterStay2005 VS The Secret in Their Eyes posterThe Secret in Their Eyes2009
StayThe Secret in Their Eyes
Audience score★ 6.6/10★ 8.0/10
Year20052009
Length1h 39m2h 10m
GenresDrama, Mystery, ThrillerDrama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country–Argentina
DirectorMarc ForsterJuan José Campanella
Main castJessica Hecht, Elizabeth Reaser, Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling, Janeane GarofaloJavier Godino, Pablo Rago, Ricardo Darín, Guillermo Francella, Soledad Villamil

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 Secret in Their Eyes

Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and murder. With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.

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