The Homesman vs The Nightingale
The Nightingale has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6.5/10 for The Homesman). The Homesman is the shorter watch at 2h 2m compared with 2h 16m. The Homesman is the older of the two (2014 against 2018). Both are drama, western movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Homesman
The Nightingale| The Homesman | The Nightingale | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2018 |
| Length | 2h 2m | 2h 16m |
| Genres | Drama, Western | Drama, Thriller, Western |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Tommy Lee Jones | Jennifer Kent |
| Main cast | John Lithgow, James Spader, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto, Hailee Steinfeld | Damon Herriman, Sam Claflin, Aisling Franciosi, Matthew Sunderland, Harry Greenwood |
Synopsis
The Homesman
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs, to join her. The unlikely pair and the three women head east, where a waiting minister and his wife have offered to…
The Nightingale
In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.
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