Insomnia vs Joker
Joker has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7/10 for Insomnia). Insomnia is the shorter watch at 1h 58m compared with 2h 2m. Insomnia is the older of the two (2002 against 2019). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Insomnia
Joker| Insomnia | Joker | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 58m | 2h 2m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | Canada |
| Director | Christopher Nolan | Todd Phillips |
| Main cast | Maura Tierney, Hilary Swank, Larry Holden, Nicky Katt, Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe | Shea Whigham, Bill Camp, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Robert De Niro |
Synopsis
Insomnia
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
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.