City of God vs GoodFellas
City of God and GoodFellas are tied on audience score (8.4/10). City of God is the shorter watch at 2h 9m compared with 2h 25m. GoodFellas is the older of the two (1990 against 2002). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
City of God
GoodFellas| City of God | GoodFellas | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 8.5/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 1990 |
| Length | 2h 9m | 2h 25m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Fernando Meirelles | Martin Scorsese |
| Main cast | Alice Braga, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Phellipe Haagensen | Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Frank Vincent, Tony Darrow, Lorraine Bracco |
Synopsis
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.
GoodFellas
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
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