Joker vs Veronica Guerin
Joker has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.7/10 for Veronica Guerin). Veronica Guerin is the shorter watch at 1h 38m compared with 2h 2m. Veronica Guerin is the older of the two (2003 against 2019). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Joker
Veronica Guerin| Joker | Veronica Guerin | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2003 |
| Length | 2h 2m | 1h 38m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Todd Phillips | Joel Schumacher |
| Main cast | Shea Whigham, Bill Camp, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Robert De Niro | Cate Blanchett, Garrett Keogh, Charlotte Bradley, Ciarán Hinds, Brenda Fricker |
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.
Veronica Guerin
In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.
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