Joker vs Sleepers
Joker has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.6/10 for Sleepers). Joker is the shorter watch at 2h 2m compared with 2h 27m. Sleepers is the older of the two (1996 against 2019). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood. Both feature Robert De Niro.
Joker
Sleepers| Joker | Sleepers | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 1996 |
| Length | 2h 2m | 2h 27m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Todd Phillips | Barry Levinson |
| Main cast | Shea Whigham, Bill Camp, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Robert De Niro | Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Billy Crudup, Minnie Driver |
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.
Sleepers
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.