The Grifters vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 6.5/10 for The Grifters). The Grifters is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h 22m. The Grifters is the older of the two (1990 against 1994). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Grifters
The Shawshank Redemption| The Grifters | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 1990 | 1994 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Stephen Frears | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Stephen Tobolowsky, John Cusack, Gailard Sartain, Eddie Jones, Annette Bening | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
The Grifters
A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
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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