Barrio Triste vs City of God
City of God has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 6.6/10 for Barrio Triste). Barrio Triste is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 2h 9m. City of God is the older of the two (2002 against 2026). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Barrio Triste
City of God| Barrio Triste | City of God | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2002 |
| Length | 1h 24m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | STILLZ | Fernando Meirelles |
| Main cast | Juan Pablo Baena, Tomas Tinoco Higuita, Bryan Erlin Garcia, Samuel Andres Celis, Brahian Acecedo | Alice Braga, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Phellipe Haagensen |
Synopsis
Barrio Triste
In the 1980s Medellín, Colombia, a group of disaffected teens documents their lives after stealing a TV reporter's camera.
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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