The Hunt for Red October vs The Wolf's Call

The Hunt for Red October and The Wolf's Call are tied on audience score (7.4/10). The Wolf's Call is the shorter watch at 1h 56m compared with 2h 15m. The Hunt for Red October is the older of the two (1990 against 2019). Both are action, adventure, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Hunt for Red October posterThe Hunt for Red October1990 VS The Wolf's Call posterThe Wolf's Call2019
The Hunt for Red OctoberThe Wolf's Call
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 7.5/10
Year19902019
Length2h 15m1h 56m
GenresAction, Adventure, ThrillerAction, Adventure, Thriller
Country––
DirectorJohn McTiernanAntonin Baudry
Main castCourtney B. Vance, Tim Curry, Jeffrey Jones, Alec Baldwin, James Earl JonesOmar Sy, Bastien Ughetto, Mathieu Kassovitz, Damien Bonnard, Jean-Yves Berteloot

Synopsis

The Hunt for Red October

A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!

The Wolf's Call

Shown from the perspective of a young submariner with unusually sensitive hearing and uncannily precise sound recognition. The fate of many often depends on his ability, and one time, whilst highly stressed, he makes a incorrect call which put his entire crew in mortal danger. Trying to regain the confidence of his comrades, he conducts an unauthorised investigation of an apparent plot which, it turns out, risks escalating into a nuclear…

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