Prisoners vs Tsotsi
Prisoners has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7/10 for Tsotsi). Tsotsi is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 2h 33m. Tsotsi is the older of the two (2005 against 2013). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Prisoners
Tsotsi| Prisoners | Tsotsi | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2013 | 2005 |
| Length | 2h 33m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Crime, Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Denis Villeneuve | Gavin Hood |
| Main cast | Dylan Minnette, Len Cariou, Paul Dano, Jake Gyllenhaal, Terrence Howard | Nambitha Mpumlwana, Presley Chweneyagae, Jerry Mofokeng, Terry Pheto, Zenzo Ngqobe |
Synopsis
Prisoners
Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street.
Tsotsi
A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents. Now a teenage thug, Tsotsi finds a baby in the back seat of a car he's just stolen. He decides that it is his responsibility to care for the infant and in the process learns that maybe the criminal life isn’t the best way.
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