A Most Violent Year vs Joker
Joker has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.6/10 for A Most Violent Year). Joker is the shorter watch at 2h 2m compared with 2h 4m. A Most Violent Year is the older of the two (2014 against 2019). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| A Most Violent Year | Joker | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2019 |
| Length | 2h 4m | 2h 2m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | Canada |
| Director | J.C. Chandor | Todd Phillips |
| Main cast | Oscar Isaac, Elyes Gabel, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Jessica Chastain, Albert Brooks | Shea Whigham, Bill Camp, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Robert De Niro |
Synopsis
A Most Violent Year
A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.
Joker
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
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