Ripley's Game vs The Departed
The Departed has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.4/10 for Ripley's Game). Ripley's Game is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h 31m. Ripley's Game is the older of the two (2002 against 2006). Both are crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Ripley's Game
The Departed| Ripley's Game | The Departed | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.4/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2006 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 2h 31m |
| Genres | Crime, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | Hong Kong |
| Director | Liliana Cavani | Martin Scorsese |
| Main cast | Lena Headey, Dougray Scott, John Malkovich, Ray Winstone, Chiara Caselli | Anthony Anderson, James Badge Dale, Vera Farmiga, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio |
Synopsis
Ripley's Game
Tom Ripley - cool, urbane, wealthy, and murderous - lives in a villa in the Veneto with Luisa, his harpsichord-playing girlfriend. A former business associate from Berlin's underworld pays a call asking Ripley's help in killing a rival. Ripley - ever a student of human nature - initiates a game to turn a mild and innocent local picture framer into a hit man. The artisan, Jonathan Trevanny, who's dying of cancer, has a wife, young son, and…
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.
Where to watch
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