13 Minutes vs Special Unit - The First Murder

Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 6.8/10 for 13 Minutes). 13 Minutes is the shorter watch at 1h 54m compared with 2h 5m. 13 Minutes is the older of the two (2015 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

13 Minutes poster13 Minutes2015 VS Special Unit - The First Murder posterSpecial Unit - The First Murder2025
13 MinutesSpecial Unit - The First Murder
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 8.8/10
Year20152025
Length1h 54m2h 5m
GenresDrama, HistoryCrime, Drama, History
Country––
DirectorOliver HirschbiegelChristoffer Boe
Main castKatharina Schüttler, Cornelia Köndgen, Burghart Klaußner, Anton Algrang, Christian FriedelNicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt

Synopsis

13 Minutes

The breathtaking story of a man who nearly would have changed the world. In 1939, when Hitler tricked millions of people at the height of his power, radical Georg Elser — disparaged as an assassin — is one of the greatest resistance fighters.

Special Unit - The First Murder

Denmark in 1927. The ambitious police officer Otto Himmelstrup leads the newly formed Special Unit, which is tasked with assisting local police in solving particularly difficult crimes. When a body is found in a burnt-out summer house in Esbjerg, Otto and his team begin to unravel an unusual murder mystery, revealing power struggles and corruption among the city’s elite. The closer the unit gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes…

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