The House That Jack Built vs The Orphanage

The Orphanage has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 7.1/10 for The House That Jack Built). The Orphanage is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 2h 31m. The Orphanage is the older of the two (2007 against 2018). Both are drama, horror, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The House That Jack Built posterThe House That Jack Built2018 VS The Orphanage posterThe Orphanage2007
The House That Jack BuiltThe Orphanage
Audience score★ 7.1/10★ 7.2/10
Year20182007
Length2h 31m1h 45m
GenresCrime, Drama, Horror, ThrillerDrama, Horror, Thriller
Country–Spain
DirectorLars von TrierJ.A. Bayona
Main castEd Speleers, Jeremy Davies, Riley Keough, Uma Thurman, Siobhan Fallon HoganFernando Cayo, Geraldine Chaplin, Belén Rueda, Mabel Rivera, Edgar Vivar

Synopsis

The House That Jack Built

Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.

The Orphanage

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.

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