GoodFellas vs Tsotsi
GoodFellas has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7/10 for Tsotsi). Tsotsi is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 2h 25m. GoodFellas is the older of the two (1990 against 2005). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
GoodFellas
Tsotsi| GoodFellas | Tsotsi | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.5/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 1990 | 2005 |
| Length | 2h 25m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Martin Scorsese | Gavin Hood |
| Main cast | Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Frank Vincent, Tony Darrow, Lorraine Bracco | Nambitha Mpumlwana, Presley Chweneyagae, Jerry Mofokeng, Terry Pheto, Zenzo Ngqobe |
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.
Tsotsi
A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents. Now a teenage thug, Tsotsi finds a baby in the back seat of a car he's just stolen. He decides that it is his responsibility to care for the infant and in the process learns that maybe the criminal life isn’t the best way.
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