The Usual Suspects vs Tiger in the Smoke

The Usual Suspects has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.7/10 for Tiger in the Smoke). Tiger in the Smoke is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 1h 46m. Tiger in the Smoke is the older of the two (1956 against 1995). Both are crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Usual Suspects posterThe Usual Suspects1995 VS Tiger in the Smoke posterTiger in the Smoke1956
The Usual SuspectsTiger in the Smoke
Audience score★ 8.2/10★ 6.7/10
Year19951956
Length1h 46m1h 34m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Thriller
Country––
DirectorBryan SingerRoy Ward Baker
Main castKevin Pollak, Giancarlo Esposito, Benicio del Toro, Dan Hedaya, Kevin SpaceyDonald Sinden, Brian Wilde, Thomas Heathcote, Muriel Pavlow, Violet Gould

Synopsis

The Usual Suspects

Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.

Tiger in the Smoke

In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother. Before he dies he talks about a treasure that was hidden there. Several years later, the members of that group are still together as a street band living in a cellar. The last of the gang, who was chosen for his skills as a ruthless killer, escapes from prison in a rampage of killing and, obsessed with the treasure…

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