A Time to Kill vs Memories of Murder

Memories of Murder has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.4/10 for A Time to Kill). Memories of Murder is the shorter watch at 2h 11m compared with 2h 29m. A Time to Kill is the older of the two (1996 against 2003). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Time to Kill posterA Time to Kill1996 VS Memories of Murder posterMemories of Murder2003
A Time to KillMemories of Murder
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 8.1/10
Year19962003
Length2h 29m2h 11m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
Country–South Korea
DirectorJoel SchumacherBong Joon Ho
Main castKiefer Sutherland, Samuel L. Jackson, Donald Sutherland, Oliver Platt, Chris CooperByun Hee-bong, Kim Roi-ha, Song Kang-ho, Yoo Seung-mok, Ryu Tae-ho

Synopsis

A Time to Kill

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

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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