The Homesman vs The Proposition

The Proposition has the higher audience score (7/10 against 6.5/10 for The Homesman). The Proposition is the shorter watch at 1h 44m compared with 2h 2m. The Proposition is the older of the two (2005 against 2014). Both are drama, western movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Homesman posterThe Homesman2014 VS The Proposition posterThe Proposition2005
The HomesmanThe Proposition
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 7.0/10
Year20142005
Length2h 2m1h 44m
GenresDrama, WesternAction, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country––
DirectorTommy Lee JonesJohn Hillcoat
Main castJohn Lithgow, James Spader, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto, Hailee SteinfeldRichard Wilson, John Hurt, Noah Taylor, Emily Watson, Guy Pearce

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 Proposition

In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and murder. Venturing into one of the Outback's most inhospitable regions, Charlie faces a terrible moral dilemma that can end only in violence.

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