The Red Violin vs Wild Side

The Red Violin has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 5.8/10 for Wild Side). Wild Side is the shorter watch at 1h 51m compared with 2h 10m. Wild Side is the older of the two (1996 against 1998). Both are romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Red Violin posterThe Red Violin1998 VS Wild Side posterWild Side1996
The Red ViolinWild Side
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 5.8/10
Year19981996
Length2h 10m1h 51m
GenresDrama, Music, Mystery, Romance, ThrillerRomance, Thriller
CountryAustria–
DirectorFrançois GirardDonald Cammell
Main castSamuel L. Jackson, Greta Scacchi, Clotilde Mollet, Carlo Cecchi, Irene GrazioliJoan Chen, Christopher Walken, Lewis Arquette, Steven Bauer, Anne Heche

Synopsis

The Red Violin

300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin has traveled through Austria, England, China, and Canada, leaving both beauty and tragedy in its wake. In Montreal, Samuel L Jackson plays an appraiser going over its complex history.

Wild Side

A bank accountant who moonlights as a high-priced call girl becomes embroiled in the lives of a money launderer, his seductive wife, and his bodyguard.

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