A Most Violent Year vs The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.6/10 for A Most Violent Year). A Most Violent Year is the shorter watch at 2h 4m compared with 2h 32m. The Dark Knight is the older of the two (2008 against 2014). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Most Violent Year posterA Most Violent Year2014 VS The Dark Knight posterThe Dark Knight2008
A Most Violent YearThe Dark Knight
Audience score★ 6.6/10★ 8.5/10
Year20142008
Length2h 4m2h 32m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorJ.C. ChandorChristopher Nolan
Main castOscar Isaac, Elyes Gabel, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Jessica Chastain, Albert BrooksNestor Carbonell, Aaron Eckhart, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Cillian Murphy, Anthony Michael Hall

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.

The Dark Knight

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

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