City of God vs Trainspotting
City of God has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 8/10 for Trainspotting). Trainspotting is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 2h 9m. Trainspotting is the older of the two (1996 against 2002). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
City of God
Trainspotting| City of God | Trainspotting | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 1996 |
| Length | 2h 9m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Fernando Meirelles | Danny Boyle |
| Main cast | Alice Braga, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Phellipe Haagensen | Peter Mullan, Kevin McKidd, Kelly Macdonald, Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle |
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.
Trainspotting
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.
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