Strangers When We Meet vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 5.5/10 for Strangers When We Meet). Strangers When We Meet is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 2024). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Strangers When We Meet
The Shawshank Redemption| Strangers When We Meet | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.5/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 1994 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | China | – |
| Director | Zhang Guoli | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Fan Wei, Zhou Dongyu, Song Jia, Mao Hai, Fan Tiantian | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
Strangers When We Meet
After serving 30 years in prison, Lao Qin starts a new life with 1.5 million compensation from the government for demolition and relocation. He just wants to marry a wife and have children to live in peace, but his life is completely changed with the intrusion of the eccentric 24-year-old girl Chang Juan.
The Shawshank Redemption
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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