Joker vs K
Joker has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6/10 for K). Joker is the shorter watch at 2h 2m compared with 2h 15m. K is the older of the two (1997 against 2019). Both are crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Joker
K| Joker | K | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 6.0/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 1997 |
| Length | 2h 2m | 2h 15m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Crime, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Todd Phillips | Alexandre Arcady |
| Main cast | Shea Whigham, Bill Camp, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Robert De Niro | Isabella Ferrari, Patrick Bruel, Marthe Keller, Pinkas Braun, Dieter Kirchlechner |
Synopsis
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.
K
In this French crime film, set during the time of the Gulf War, an elderly German tourist is murdered in Paris by junk dealer Joseph Katz (Pinkas Braun), a friend of Paris detective Sam Bellamy (singer Patrick Bruel). Romantically involved with the victim's daughter Emma Guter (Isabella Ferrari), Bellamy covers up the crime he witnessed. Joseph then mysteriously vanishes, and Bellamy heads for Berlin where the victim's possessions are…