City of God vs Real Gangsters
City of God has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 2.8/10 for Real Gangsters). Real Gangsters is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 2h 9m. City of God is the older of the two (2002 against 2013). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
City of God
Real Gangsters| City of God | Real Gangsters | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 2.8/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2013 |
| Length | 2h 9m | 1h 28m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | US |
| Director | Fernando Meirelles | Frank D'Angelo |
| Main cast | Alice Braga, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Phellipe Haagensen | Michael Paré, Robert Loggia, Nick Mancuso, Margot Kidder, Sean McCann |
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.
Real Gangsters
Real Gangsters tells the story of the Lo Giacamo family, one of the most successful crime syndicates in New York City. Run by cousins Vincent Lo Giacamo and Jack Lo Giacamo, Real Gangsters shows how these two men maintain control of their dangerous extended family and volatile business ventures by very different means.
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