Compliance vs The Departed

The Departed has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.4/10 for Compliance). Compliance is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 31m. The Departed is the older of the two (2006 against 2012). Both are drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Compliance posterCompliance2012 VS The Departed posterThe Departed2006
ComplianceThe Departed
Audience score★ 6.4/10★ 8.2/10
Year20122006
Length1h 30m2h 31m
GenresDrama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
Country–Hong Kong
DirectorCraig ZobelMartin Scorsese
Main castBill Camp, Pat Healy, Ann Dowd, Desmin Borges, James McCaffreyAnthony Anderson, James Badge Dale, Vera Farmiga, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio

Synopsis

Compliance

On a particularly busy day at a suburban Ohio fast food restaurant, manager Sandra receives a phone call from a police officer saying that an employee has stolen money from a customer.

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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