Breaking Bad vs Prison Break
Breaking Bad has the higher audience score (8.9/10 against 8.1/10 for Prison Break). Prison Break is the older of the two (2005 against 2008). Both are crime, drama shows, so they suit a similar mood.
| Breaking Bad | Prison Break | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.9/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2005 |
| Seasons | 5 | 5 |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Creator / director | Vince Gilligan | Paul T. Scheuring |
| Main cast | Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, RJ Mitte, Dean Norris | Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Sarah Wayne Callies, Paul Adelstein, Rockmond Dunbar |
Synopsis
Breaking Bad
Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.
Prison Break
Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.
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