Neighboring Sounds vs The Departed

The Departed has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.1/10 for Neighboring Sounds). Neighboring Sounds is the shorter watch at 2h 11m compared with 2h 31m. The Departed is the older of the two (2006 against 2012). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Neighboring Sounds posterNeighboring Sounds2012 VS The Departed posterThe Departed2006
Neighboring SoundsThe Departed
Audience score★ 7.1/10★ 8.2/10
Year20122006
Length2h 11m2h 31m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
CountryBrazilHong Kong
DirectorKleber Mendonça FilhoMartin Scorsese
Main castMaeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos, Gustavo Jahn, W.J. Solha, Irma BrownAnthony Anderson, James Badge Dale, Vera Farmiga, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio

Synopsis

Neighboring Sounds

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

The Departed

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

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