The Godfather Part II vs The Grifters

The Godfather Part II has the higher audience score (8.6/10 against 6.5/10 for The Grifters). The Grifters is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 3h 22m. The Godfather Part II is the older of the two (1974 against 1990). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Godfather Part II posterThe Godfather Part II1974 VS The Grifters posterThe Grifters1990
The Godfather Part IIThe Grifters
Audience score★ 8.6/10★ 6.5/10
Year19741990
Length3h 22m1h 50m
GenresCrime, DramaCrime, Drama
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStephen Frears
Main castRobert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Al PacinoStephen Tobolowsky, John Cusack, Gailard Sartain, Eddie Jones, Annette Bening

Synopsis

The Godfather Part II

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

The Grifters

A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.

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