The Dark Knight vs Traffic

The Dark Knight has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7.1/10 for Traffic). Traffic is the shorter watch at 2h 27m compared with 2h 32m. Traffic is the older of the two (2000 against 2008). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Dark Knight posterThe Dark Knight2008 VS Traffic posterTraffic2000
The Dark KnightTraffic
Audience score★ 8.5/10★ 7.1/10
Year20082000
Length2h 32m2h 27m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorChristopher NolanSteven Soderbergh
Main castNestor Carbonell, Aaron Eckhart, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Cillian Murphy, Anthony Michael HallDon Cheadle, Dennis Quaid, Erika Christensen, Benicio del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones

Synopsis

The Dark Knight

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

Traffic

An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy…

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