Rear Window vs The Departed
The Departed has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 5.5/10 for Rear Window). Rear Window is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 2h 31m. Rear Window is the older of the two (1998 against 2006). Both are drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Rear Window
The Departed| Rear Window | The Departed | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.5/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 1998 | 2006 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 2h 31m |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | Hong Kong |
| Director | Jeff Bleckner | Martin Scorsese |
| Main cast | Robert Forster, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Ritchie Coster, Daryl Hannah, Christopher Reeve | Anthony Anderson, James Badge Dale, Vera Farmiga, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio |
Synopsis
Rear Window
Jason Kemp, a recently paralyzed architect, lives in a high-tech apartment filled with assistive technology. As a quadriplegic confined to his home, he passes the long hours by spying on his neighbors from his apartment window. His innocent pastime takes a deadly turn when he believes he witnesses a murder. Determined to uncover the truth, Jason continues to dig deeper - eventually finding himself locked in a deadly game of cat and mouse.
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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