Cold Comes the Night vs The Departed

The Departed has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 5.4/10 for Cold Comes the Night). Cold Comes the Night is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 31m. The Departed is the older of the two (2006 against 2013). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Cold Comes the Night posterCold Comes the Night2013 VS The Departed posterThe Departed2006
Cold Comes the NightThe Departed
Audience score★ 5.4/10★ 8.2/10
Year20132006
Length1h 30m2h 31m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
CountryUnited States of AmericaHong Kong
DirectorTze ChunMartin Scorsese
Main castBryan Cranston, Robin Lord Taylor, Logan Marshall-Green, Alice Eve, Ursula ParkerAnthony Anderson, James Badge Dale, Vera Farmiga, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio

Synopsis

Cold Comes the Night

A struggling motel owner and her daughter are taken hostage by a nearly blind career criminal to be his eyes as he attempts to retrieve his cash package from a crooked cop.

The Departed

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

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