Detroit vs Joker
Joker has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.3/10 for Detroit). Joker is the shorter watch at 2h 2m compared with 2h 23m. Detroit is the older of the two (2017 against 2019). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Detroit
Joker| Detroit | Joker | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2017 | 2019 |
| Length | 2h 23m | 2h 2m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, History, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | Canada |
| Director | Kathryn Bigelow | Todd Phillips |
| Main cast | Anthony Mackie, Joseph David-Jones, John Krasinski, John Boyega, Will Poulter | Shea Whigham, Bill Camp, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Robert De Niro |
Synopsis
Detroit
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.
Joker
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.