Joker vs Zulu
Joker has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.7/10 for Zulu). Zulu is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h 2m. Zulu is the older of the two (2013 against 2019). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Joker
Zulu| Joker | Zulu | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2013 |
| Length | 2h 2m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | Canada | South Africa |
| Director | Todd Phillips | Jérôme Salle |
| Main cast | Shea Whigham, Bill Camp, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Robert De Niro | Orlando Bloom, Forest Whitaker, Tanya van Graan, Sven Ruygrok, Patrick Lyster |
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.
Zulu
As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Only he and his mother survived the carnage of those years. But as with many survivors, the psychological scars remain.