Infernal Affairs vs Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.6/10 for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy). Infernal Affairs is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 7m. Infernal Affairs is the older of the two (2002 against 2011). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Infernal Affairs posterInfernal Affairs2002 VS Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy posterTinker Tailor Soldier Spy2011
Infernal AffairsTinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 6.6/10
Year20022011
Length1h 40m2h 7m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerDrama, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorAlan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-KeungTomas Alfredson
Main castTony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric TsangTom Hardy, Stephen Graham, John Hurt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong

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.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.

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