Capote vs The Departed

The Departed has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7/10 for Capote). Capote is the shorter watch at 1h 54m compared with 2h 31m. Capote is the older of the two (2005 against 2006). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Capote posterCapote2005 VS The Departed posterThe Departed2006
CapoteThe Departed
Audience score★ 7.0/10★ 8.2/10
Year20052006
Length1h 54m2h 31m
GenresCrime, DramaCrime, Drama, Thriller
Country–Hong Kong
DirectorBennett MillerMartin Scorsese
Main castBruce Greenwood, David Wilson Barnes, Bob Balaban, Chris Cooper, Philip Seymour HoffmanAnthony Anderson, James Badge Dale, Vera Farmiga, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio

Synopsis

Capote

A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".

The Departed

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

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