The Departed vs Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Departed and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri are tied on audience score (8.2/10). Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 2h 31m. The Departed is the older of the two (2006 against 2017). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Departed
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri| The Departed | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2006 | 2017 |
| Length | 2h 31m | 1h 55m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Crime, Drama |
| Country | Hong Kong | United Kingdom |
| Director | Martin Scorsese | Martin McDonagh |
| Main cast | Anthony Anderson, James Badge Dale, Vera Farmiga, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio | Kerry Condon, John Hawkes, Amanda Warren, Željko Ivanek, Peter Dinklage |
Synopsis
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.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.
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