Foxcatcher vs The Departed

The Departed has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.7/10 for Foxcatcher). Foxcatcher is the shorter watch at 2h 14m compared with 2h 31m. The Departed is the older of the two (2006 against 2014). Both are drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Foxcatcher posterFoxcatcher2014 VS The Departed posterThe Departed2006
FoxcatcherThe Departed
Audience score★ 6.7/10★ 8.2/10
Year20142006
Length2h 14m2h 31m
GenresDrama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
Country–Hong Kong
DirectorBennett MillerMartin Scorsese
Main castVanessa Redgrave, Anthony Michael Hall, Mark Ruffalo, Steve Carell, Channing TatumAnthony Anderson, James Badge Dale, Vera Farmiga, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio

Synopsis

Foxcatcher

The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.

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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