Joker vs Savages
Joker has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.3/10 for Savages). Joker is the shorter watch at 2h 2m compared with 2h 11m. Savages is the older of the two (2012 against 2019). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood. Both feature Shea Whigham.
Joker
Savages| Joker | Savages | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 2m | 2h 11m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Todd Phillips | Oliver Stone |
| Main cast | Shea Whigham, Bill Camp, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Robert De Niro | Shea Whigham, Taylor Kitsch, Jake McLaughlin, Benicio del Toro, John Travolta |
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.
Savages
Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.