Cadillac Records vs Straight Outta Compton

Straight Outta Compton has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.1/10 for Cadillac Records). Cadillac Records is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 2h 27m. Cadillac Records is the older of the two (2008 against 2015). Both are drama, history, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Cadillac Records posterCadillac Records2008 VS Straight Outta Compton posterStraight Outta Compton2015
Cadillac RecordsStraight Outta Compton
Audience score★ 7.1/10★ 7.8/10
Year20082015
Length1h 49m2h 27m
GenresDrama, History, MusicDrama, History, Music
CountryUnited States of AmericaUnited Kingdom
DirectorDarnell MartinF. Gary Gray
Main castNorman Reedus, Jeffrey Wright, Eric Bogosian, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Cedric the EntertainerNeil Brown Jr., Aldis Hodge, LaKeith Stanfield, Paul Giamatti, Orlando Brown

Synopsis

Cadillac Records

The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.

Straight Outta Compton

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and…

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