Infernal Affairs vs Joker

Joker has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.8/10 for Infernal Affairs). Infernal Affairs is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 2m. Infernal Affairs is the older of the two (2002 against 2019). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Infernal Affairs posterInfernal Affairs2002 VS Joker posterJoker2019
Infernal AffairsJoker
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 8.1/10
Year20022019
Length1h 40m2h 2m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
Country–Canada
DirectorAlan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-KeungTodd Phillips
Main castTony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric TsangShea Whigham, Bill Camp, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Robert De Niro

Synopsis

Infernal Affairs

Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.

Joker

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

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