Gangs of New York vs Just Mercy
Just Mercy has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.3/10 for Gangs of New York). Just Mercy is the shorter watch at 2h 17m compared with 2h 48m. Gangs of New York is the older of the two (2002 against 2019). Both are crime, drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Gangs of New York
Just Mercy| Gangs of New York | Just Mercy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2019 |
| Length | 2h 48m | 2h 17m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, History | Crime, Drama, History |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Martin Scorsese | Destin Daniel Cretton |
| Main cast | Stephen Graham, Eddie Marsan, Henry Thomas, Cameron Diaz, David Hemmings | Andrene Ward-Hammond, Rafe Spall, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Rhoda Griffis, Tim Blake Nelson |
Synopsis
Gangs of New York
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.
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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