Sin Nombre vs The Connection
Sin Nombre has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 7.1/10 for The Connection). Sin Nombre is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 2h 15m. Sin Nombre is the older of the two (2009 against 2014). Both are action, crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Sin Nombre | The Connection | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2014 |
| Length | 1h 36m | 2h 15m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Action, Crime, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Cédric Jimenez |
| Main cast | Gerardo Taracena, Paulina Gaitán, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Noé Hernández, Harold Torres | Bruno Todeschini, Benoît Magimel, Jean Dujardin, Féodor Atkine, Moussa Maaskri |
Synopsis
Sin Nombre
Sayra, a Honduran teen, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigrate to Mexico and then enter the United States. Sayra's life collides with a pair of Mexican gangmembers who have boarded the same American-bound train.
The Connection
Newly transferred to the bustling port city of Marseille to assist with a crackdown on organized crime, energetic young magistrate Pierre Michel is given a rapid-fire tutorial on the ins and outs of an out-of-control drug trade. Pierre's wildly ambitious mission is to take on the French Connection, a highly organized operation that controls the city's underground heroin economy and is overseen by the notorious —and reputedly untouchable— Gaetan…
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