City of God vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 8.4/10 for City of God). City of God is the shorter watch at 2h 9m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 2002). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
City of God
The Shawshank Redemption| City of God | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 1994 |
| Length | 2h 9m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Fernando Meirelles | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Alice Braga, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Phellipe Haagensen | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
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.
The Shawshank Redemption
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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