Crossing Over vs The Godfather

The Godfather has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 6.1/10 for Crossing Over). Crossing Over is the shorter watch at 1h 53m compared with 2h 55m. The Godfather is the older of the two (1972 against 2009). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Crossing Over posterCrossing Over2009 VS The Godfather posterThe Godfather1972
Crossing OverThe Godfather
Audience score★ 6.1/10★ 8.7/10
Year20091972
Length1h 53m2h 55m
GenresCrime, DramaCrime, Drama
Country–United States of America
DirectorWayne KramerFrancis Ford Coppola
Main castSarah Shahi, Alice Braga, Summer Bishil, Harrison Ford, Ray LiottaRobert Duvall, James Caan, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Al Pacino

Synopsis

Crossing Over

Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find – and create -- in 21st century L.A.

The Godfather

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

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