Audition vs Dawning

Dawning has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.1/10 for Audition). Audition is the older of the two (2000 against 2025). Both are drama, horror movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Audition posterAudition2000 VS Dawning posterDawning2025
AuditionDawning
Audience score★ 7.1/10★ 8.0/10
Year20002025
Length1h 55m–
GenresDrama, HorrorDrama, Horror
Country––
DirectorTakashi MiikePatrik Syversen
Main castFumiyo Kohinata, Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Jun Kunimura, Tetsu SawakiSilje Storstein, Thorbjørn Harr, Kathrine Thorborg Johansen, Steinar Klouman Hallert, Marte Magnusdotter Solem

Synopsis

Audition

Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.

Dawning

Three sisters who have withdrawn to their family’s vacation home in the wake of the youngest sister’s second suicide attempt. When news reaches them that their abusive mother has passed, the two elder sisters decide not to tell the youngest, to spare her the burden. Things begin to unravel when a mysterious man shows up on the property

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