City of God vs Pornostar
City of God has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 6.5/10 for Pornostar). Pornostar is the shorter watch at 1h 38m compared with 2h 9m. Pornostar is the older of the two (1998 against 2002). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
City of God
Pornostar| City of God | Pornostar | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 1998 |
| Length | 2h 9m | 1h 38m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Fernando Meirelles | Toshiaki Toyoda |
| Main cast | Alice Braga, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Phellipe Haagensen | Akaji Maro, Chihara Junia, Rin Ozawa, Onimaru, Tetta Sugimoto |
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.
Pornostar
A young man decides one day to start killing yakuza. After he kills his first two he gets roped into helping a wannabe gangster and his bumbling underlings to perform a hit. While things work out in the beginning, this young psychopath quickly becomes more trouble than the gang expected. Will they be able to rid themselves of him, or will they be his next victims?
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