Joker vs Side Effects

Joker has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.6/10 for Side Effects). Side Effects is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 2h 2m. Side Effects is the older of the two (2013 against 2019). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Joker posterJoker2019 VS Side Effects posterSide Effects2013
JokerSide Effects
Audience score★ 8.1/10★ 6.6/10
Year20192013
Length2h 2m1h 46m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
Country––
DirectorTodd PhillipsSteven Soderbergh
Main castShea Whigham, Bill Camp, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Robert De NiroJude Law, David Costabile, Peter Friedman, Marin Ireland, Mamie Gummer

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.

Side Effects

A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.

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