21 Grams vs Infernal Affairs

Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.3/10 for 21 Grams). Infernal Affairs is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 4m. Infernal Affairs is the older of the two (2002 against 2003). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

21 Grams poster21 Grams2003 VS Infernal Affairs posterInfernal Affairs2002
21 GramsInfernal Affairs
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 7.8/10
Year20032002
Length2h 4m1h 40m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorAlejandro González IñárrituAlan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Main castEddie Marsan, Benicio del Toro, Clea DuVall, Danny Huston, Sean PennTony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang

Synopsis

21 Grams

Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.

Infernal Affairs

Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.

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