A Most Violent Year vs Memories of Murder
Memories of Murder has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.6/10 for A Most Violent Year). A Most Violent Year is the shorter watch at 2h 4m compared with 2h 11m. Memories of Murder is the older of the two (2003 against 2014). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Most Violent Year
Memories of Murder| A Most Violent Year | Memories of Murder | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2003 |
| Length | 2h 4m | 2h 11m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | South Korea |
| Director | J.C. Chandor | Bong Joon Ho |
| Main cast | Oscar Isaac, Elyes Gabel, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Jessica Chastain, Albert Brooks | Byun Hee-bong, Kim Roi-ha, Song Kang-ho, Yoo Seung-mok, Ryu Tae-ho |
Synopsis
A Most Violent Year
A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.
Memories of Murder
During the late 1980s, two detectives in a South Korean province attempt to solve the nation's first series of rape-and-murder cases.
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