Inherent Vice vs The Art of Self-Defense

Inherent Vice and The Art of Self-Defense are tied on audience score (6.5/10). The Art of Self-Defense is the shorter watch at 1h 44m compared with 2h 29m. Inherent Vice is the older of the two (2014 against 2019). Both are comedy, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Inherent Vice posterInherent Vice2014 VS The Art of Self-Defense posterThe Art of Self-Defense2019
Inherent ViceThe Art of Self-Defense
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 6.6/10
Year20142019
Length2h 29m1h 44m
GenresComedy, Drama, MysteryComedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonRiley Stearns
Main castMichael Kenneth Williams, Sasha Pieterse, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston, Jena MaloneImogen Poots, Phillip Andre Botello, Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, Jason Burkey

Synopsis

Inherent Vice

In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

The Art of Self-Defense

Casey is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei in an effort to learn how to defend himself. What he uncovers is a sinister world of fraternity, violence and hypermasculinity and a woman fighting for her place in it.

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