The Homesman vs The World to Come

The World to Come has the higher audience score (7/10 against 6.5/10 for The Homesman). The World to Come is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 2h 2m. The Homesman is the older of the two (2014 against 2021). Both are drama, western movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Homesman posterThe Homesman2014 VS The World to Come posterThe World to Come2021
The HomesmanThe World to Come
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 7.0/10
Year20142021
Length2h 2m1h 45m
GenresDrama, WesternDrama, Romance, Western
Country––
DirectorTommy Lee JonesMona Fastvold
Main castJohn Lithgow, James Spader, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto, Hailee SteinfeldKatherine Waterston, Casey Affleck, Vanessa Kirby, Christopher Abbott, Andreea Vasile

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 World to Come

In 1856, two women forge a close connection despite their isolation on the American frontier.

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