Instinct vs The Departed
The Departed has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.5/10 for Instinct). Instinct is the shorter watch at 2h 4m compared with 2h 31m. Instinct is the older of the two (1999 against 2006). Both are drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Instinct
The Departed| Instinct | The Departed | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 1999 | 2006 |
| Length | 2h 4m | 2h 31m |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | Hong Kong |
| Director | Jon Turteltaub | Martin Scorsese |
| Main cast | Maura Tierney, Anthony Hopkins, Donald Sutherland, Cuba Gooding Jr., John Ashton | Anthony Anderson, James Badge Dale, Vera Farmiga, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio |
Synopsis
Instinct
In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth, Caulder will eventually risk everything—even put his very life on the line—in a harrowing attempt to understand the bizarre actions of this madman.
The Departed
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
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