The Maze Runner vs Twelve Monkeys

Twelve Monkeys has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 7.2/10 for The Maze Runner). The Maze Runner is the shorter watch at 1h 53m compared with 2h 9m. Twelve Monkeys is the older of the two (1995 against 2014). Both are mystery, science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Maze Runner posterThe Maze Runner2014 VS Twelve Monkeys posterTwelve Monkeys1995
The Maze RunnerTwelve Monkeys
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 7.6/10
Year20141995
Length1h 53m2h 9m
GenresAction, Mystery, Science Fiction, ThrillerMystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorWes BallTerry Gilliam
Main castKaya Scodelario, Patricia Clarkson, Joe Adler, Don McManus, Dylan O'BrienJon Seda, Matt Ross, David Morse, Christopher Meloni, Brad Pitt

Synopsis

The Maze Runner

A teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze. As he struggles to adapt to their rules and society, he begins to uncover clues that may lead to escape and the truth behind their confinement.

Twelve Monkeys

In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to…

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