Midnight Express VS The shawshank Redemption

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kissmyarrrtichoke — 16 years ago(May 25, 2009 07:30 AM)

I love them both but Midnight Express is my favourite. I have seen it 9 times compared to 2 for Shawshank.
Spare a talent for an old ex-leper?
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helenelisechat — 16 years ago(September 16, 2009 08:11 PM)

I like Shawshank a lot but prefer Midnight Express.
He's taking the knife out of the Cheese!
Do you think he wants some cheese?

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Movie_map — 14 years ago(May 28, 2011 03:00 PM)

You can't really compare them. Aside from them both taking place in prison, they are two very different movies.

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jefgg — 13 years ago(May 16, 2012 02:32 PM)

I am not sure which is better. But Midnight Express was scarier.

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thbryn — 13 years ago(July 30, 2012 12:29 PM)

Not comparable (at all). I enjoyed both but knew the real story of Billy before seeing "ME" so I understood the major differences.
Like comparing "Rio Bravo to The Wild Bunch."

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SeaHorseMafia — 13 years ago(August 12, 2012 04:03 PM)

Midnight Express was better. It's one of the most underrated films, when Shawshank Redemption is kinda overrated.

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MisterSky — 10 years ago(November 23, 2015 02:41 PM)

Agreed. Different movies though.

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BeOneOfUs — 9 years ago(April 11, 2016 09:31 AM)

Not in this universe. Not in any.

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jmichael3387 — 9 years ago(April 30, 2016 11:06 PM)

Midnight Express is better. The creepiness and the drama of wanting to get out of Turkey was really intense.
Shawshank was just a standard Hollywood movie for me.

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BeOneOfUs — 9 years ago(May 02, 2016 05:21 AM)

Nah, it's not better in any way.
Midnight Express is a decent film but it kind of fall apart towards the end.
There was no good reason for him to suddenly lose his mind the way he did.
People have gone through much worse and still reminded sane.
This was a highly exaggerated version of the truth.
The writing wasn't very good nor was the acting.
The Shawshank Redemption was the better film because the story telling was heaps better, the acting, directing all better.
Just because ME is less mainstream doesn't make it better.
It's just not as well made as TSR, fact.