American Gangster vs City of God
City of God has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.6/10 for American Gangster). City of God is the shorter watch at 2h 9m compared with 2h 37m. City of God is the older of the two (2002 against 2007). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
American Gangster
City of God| American Gangster | City of God | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 2002 |
| Length | 2h 37m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Ridley Scott | Fernando Meirelles |
| Main cast | John Hawkes, Carla Gugino, John Ortiz, Idris Elba, Josh Brolin | Alice Braga, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Phellipe Haagensen |
Synopsis
American Gangster
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
City of God
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
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