Detroit vs Just Mercy

Just Mercy has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.3/10 for Detroit). Just Mercy is the shorter watch at 2h 17m compared with 2h 23m. Detroit is the older of the two (2017 against 2019). Both are crime, drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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DetroitJust Mercy
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 7.9/10
Year20172019
Length2h 23m2h 17m
GenresCrime, Drama, History, ThrillerCrime, Drama, History
Country–United States of America
DirectorKathryn BigelowDestin Daniel Cretton
Main castAnthony Mackie, Joseph David-Jones, John Krasinski, John Boyega, Will PoulterAndrene Ward-Hammond, Rafe Spall, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Rhoda Griffis, Tim Blake Nelson

Synopsis

Detroit

A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.

Just Mercy

The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.

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