The Imposter vs The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.3/10 for The Imposter). The Imposter is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 1h 45m. The Imposter is the older of the two (2012 against 2014). Both are crime, documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Imposter posterThe Imposter2012 VS The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz posterThe Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz2014
The ImposterThe Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 7.9/10
Year20122014
Length1h 39m1h 45m
GenresCrime, Documentary, MysteryCrime, Documentary
Country––
DirectorBart LaytonBrian Knappenberger
Main castKen Appledorn, Frédéric Bourdin, Adam O'Brian, Anna Ruben, Cathy DresbachAaron Swartz, Tim Berners-Lee, Cory Doctorow, Peter Eckersley, Lawrence Lessig

Synopsis

The Imposter

In 1994 a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later he is found alive thousands of miles away in a village in southern Spain with a horrifying story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems.

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

Programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz achieved groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing. His passion for open access ensnared him in a legal nightmare that ended with the taking of his own life at the age of 26.

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