Cartel Land vs The Ugly One

Cartel Land has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 5/10 for The Ugly One). Cartel Land is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 41m. The Ugly One is the older of the two (2013 against 2015). Both are documentary, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Cartel LandThe Ugly One
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 5.0/10
Year20152013
Length1h 40m1h 41m
GenresDocumentary, DramaDocumentary, Drama
Country––
DirectorMatthew HeinemanEric Baudelaire
Main castRobert Hetrick, José Manuel Mireles Valverde, Tim Nailer Foley, Paco Valenciano, ChanequeFadi Abi Samra, Rodney El Haddad, Masao Adachi, Rabih Mroué, Juliette Navis

Synopsis

Cartel Land

In the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. Jose Mireles, a small-town physician known as "El Doctor," shepherds a citizen uprising against the Knights Templar, the violent drug cartel that has wreaked havoc on the region for years. Meanwhile, in Arizona's Altar Valley—a narrow, 52-mile-long desert corridor known as Cocaine Alley—Tim "Nailer" Foley, an American veteran, heads a small paramilitary group called Arizona Border Recon, whose goal is to…

The Ugly One

Adashi, ex-member of the Japanese Red Army, narrates a story taking place in Beirut. The melancholy of war, the pain of disillusionment. A story being written and rewritten, open to interpretation. When the time comes, return to reality can only be cruel.

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