Dheepan vs The Departed
The Departed has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.9/10 for Dheepan). Dheepan is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 2h 31m. The Departed is the older of the two (2006 against 2015). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dheepan
The Departed| Dheepan | The Departed | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2015 | 2006 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 2h 31m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | France | Hong Kong |
| Director | Jacques Audiard | Martin Scorsese |
| Main cast | Joséphine de Meaux, Vincent Rottiers, Antonythasan Jesuthasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby | Anthony Anderson, James Badge Dale, Vera Farmiga, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio |
Synopsis
Dheepan
Three war-torn strangers posing as a family flee Sri Lanka’s civil war to start over in a troubled Paris suburb, but their past traumas resurface as they struggle to survive in their new environment.
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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