Swimming Pool vs The Departed
The Departed has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.5/10 for Swimming Pool). Swimming Pool is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h 31m. Swimming Pool is the older of the two (2003 against 2006). Both are crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Swimming Pool
The Departed| Swimming Pool | The Departed | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2006 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 2h 31m |
| Genres | Crime, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | Hong Kong |
| Director | François Ozon | Martin Scorsese |
| Main cast | Charles Dance, Ludivine Sagnier, Charlotte Rampling, Michel Fau, Marc Fayolle | Anthony Anderson, James Badge Dale, Vera Farmiga, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio |
Synopsis
Swimming Pool
A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime.
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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