District 9 vs Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.5/10 for District 9). District 9 is the shorter watch at 1h 52m compared with 1h 57m. District 9 is the older of the two (2009 against 2018). Both are science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

District 9 posterDistrict 92009 VS Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse posterSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse2018
District 9Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 8.4/10
Year20092018
Length1h 52m1h 57m
GenresScience FictionAction, Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction
Country–United States of America
DirectorNeill BlomkampBob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey
Main castJohn Sumner, Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Robert HobbsKathryn Hahn, Liev Schreiber, Brian Tyree Henry, Hailee Steinfeld, Nicolas Cage

Synopsis

District 9

Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can…

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his…

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