GoodFellas vs The Departed

GoodFellas has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 8.2/10 for The Departed). GoodFellas is the shorter watch at 2h 25m compared with 2h 31m. GoodFellas is the older of the two (1990 against 2006). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

GoodFellas posterGoodFellas1990 VS The Departed posterThe Departed2006
GoodFellasThe Departed
Audience score★ 8.5/10★ 8.2/10
Year19902006
Length2h 25m2h 31m
GenresCrime, DramaCrime, Drama, Thriller
CountryUnited States of AmericaHong Kong
DirectorMartin ScorseseMartin Scorsese
Main castRay Liotta, Robert De Niro, Frank Vincent, Tony Darrow, Lorraine BraccoAnthony Anderson, James Badge Dale, Vera Farmiga, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio

Synopsis

GoodFellas

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

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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