City of God vs Hoodlum
City of God has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 6.4/10 for Hoodlum). City of God is the shorter watch at 2h 9m compared with 2h 10m. Hoodlum is the older of the two (1997 against 2002). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
City of God
Hoodlum| City of God | Hoodlum | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 6.4/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 1997 |
| Length | 2h 9m | 2h 10m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Fernando Meirelles | Bill Duke |
| Main cast | Alice Braga, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Phellipe Haagensen | Chi McBride, Laurence Fishburne, Queen Latifah, Loretta Devine, Vanessa Williams |
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.
Hoodlum
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.
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