Neighboring Sounds vs Shoplifters

Shoplifters has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.1/10 for Neighboring Sounds). Shoplifters is the shorter watch at 2h compared with 2h 11m. Neighboring Sounds is the older of the two (2012 against 2018). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Neighboring Sounds posterNeighboring Sounds2012 VS Shoplifters posterShoplifters2018
Neighboring SoundsShoplifters
Audience score★ 7.1/10★ 7.9/10
Year20122018
Length2h 11m2h
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
CountryBrazilJapan
DirectorKleber Mendonça FilhoHirokazu Kore-eda
Main castMaeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos, Gustavo Jahn, W.J. Solha, Irma BrownKengo Kora, Aju Makita, Akira Emoto, Sosuke Ikematsu, Lily Franky

Synopsis

Neighboring Sounds

An independent private security firm arrives at a middle-class neighborhood in Recife, Brazil.

Shoplifters

In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.

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