Blue Ruin vs Joker
Joker has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.8/10 for Blue Ruin). Blue Ruin is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 2h 2m. Blue Ruin is the older of the two (2014 against 2019). Both are crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Blue Ruin
Joker| Blue Ruin | Joker | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 31m | 2h 2m |
| Genres | Crime, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | Canada |
| Director | Jeremy Saulnier | Todd Phillips |
| Main cast | Devin Ratray, Macon Blair, David Thompson, Brent Werzner, Amy Hargreaves | Shea Whigham, Bill Camp, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Robert De Niro |
Synopsis
Blue Ruin
When the quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news, he sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. However, he proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
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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