12 vs Tell No One
Tell No One has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.6/10 for 12). Tell No One is the shorter watch at 2h 11m compared with 2h 39m. Tell No One is the older of the two (2006 against 2007). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
12
Tell No One| 12 | Tell No One | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 2006 |
| Length | 2h 39m | 2h 11m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Nikita Mikhalkov | Guillaume Canet |
| Main cast | Sergey Makovetskiy, Sergey Garmash, Mikhail Efremov, Oleksiy Horbunov, Sergey Gazarov | Guillaume Canet, Marina Hands, Florence Thomassin, Marie-Josée Croze, André Dussollier |
Synopsis
12
A loose remake of “12 Angry Men”, “12” is set in contemporary Moscow where 12 very different men must unanimously decide the fate of a young Chechen accused of murdering his step-father, a Russian army officer. Consigned to a makeshift jury room in a school gymnasium, one by one each man takes center stage to confront, connect, and confess while the accused awaits a verdict and revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in flashbacks.
Tell No One
A man receives a mysterious email appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.