22 July vs Special Unit - The First Murder

Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.1/10 for 22 July). Special Unit - The First Murder is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 2h 23m. 22 July is the older of the two (2018 against 2025). Both are crime, drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

22 July poster22 July2018 VS Special Unit - The First Murder posterSpecial Unit - The First Murder2025
22 JulySpecial Unit - The First Murder
Audience score★ 7.1/10★ 8.8/10
Year20182025
Length2h 23m2h 5m
GenresCrime, Drama, History, ThrillerCrime, Drama, History
Country––
DirectorPaul GreengrassChristoffer Boe
Main castJonas Strand Gravli, Øystein Martinsen, Anders Danielsen Lie, Maria Bock, Jon ØigardenNicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt

Synopsis

22 July

On 22 July 2011, neo-Nazi terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 young people attending a Labour Party Youth Camp on Utøya Island outside of Oslo. This three-part story focuses on the survivors, the political leadership of Norway, and the lawyers involved.

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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