Assa vs Plainclothes
Plainclothes has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.8/10 for Assa). Plainclothes is the shorter watch at 1h 37m compared with 2h 33m. Assa is the older of the two (1987 against 2025). Both are crime, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Assa
Plainclothes| Assa | Plainclothes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 1987 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h 33m | 1h 37m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Music, Romance | Crime, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Sergey Solovyov | Carmen Emmi |
| Main cast | Aleksandr Bashirov, Sergei Bugayev, Tatyana Drubich, Stanislav Govorukhin, Alexandr Domogarov | Maria Dizzia, Tom Blyth, Gabe Fazio, Christian Cooke, Russell Tovey |
Synopsis
Assa
ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster's (Krymov) young mistress (Alika). The parallel story line involves an 18th century assassination plot.
Plainclothes
In 1990s New York, an undercover police officer receives an assignment to lure and arrest gay men. However, he's surprised to discover a scintillating connection with one of his targets. As their secret connection deepens and internal pressure to deliver arrests intensifies, he finds himself torn between duty and desire.
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