American Gangster vs Special Unit - The First Murder
Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.6/10 for American Gangster). Special Unit - The First Murder is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 2h 37m. American Gangster is the older of the two (2007 against 2025). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
American Gangster
Special Unit - The First Murder| American Gangster | Special Unit - The First Murder | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h 37m | 2h 5m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama, History |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Ridley Scott | Christoffer Boe |
| Main cast | John Hawkes, Carla Gugino, John Ortiz, Idris Elba, Josh Brolin | Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt |
Synopsis
American Gangster
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
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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