The Godfather vs Tsotsi
The Godfather has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 7/10 for Tsotsi). Tsotsi is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 2h 55m. The Godfather is the older of the two (1972 against 2005). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| The Godfather | Tsotsi | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.7/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 1972 | 2005 |
| Length | 2h 55m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Francis Ford Coppola | Gavin Hood |
| Main cast | Robert Duvall, James Caan, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Al Pacino | Nambitha Mpumlwana, Presley Chweneyagae, Jerry Mofokeng, Terry Pheto, Zenzo Ngqobe |
Synopsis
The Godfather
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
Tsotsi
A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents. Now a teenage thug, Tsotsi finds a baby in the back seat of a car he's just stolen. He decides that it is his responsibility to care for the infant and in the process learns that maybe the criminal life isn’t the best way.
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