Bad Influence vs The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 5.6/10 for Bad Influence). Bad Influence is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 2h 25m. The Handmaiden is the older of the two (2016 against 2025). Both are drama, romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bad Influence
The Handmaiden| Bad Influence | The Handmaiden | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.6/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 46m | 2h 25m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, Thriller | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Chloé Wallace | Park Chan-wook |
| Main cast | Enrique Arce, Mirela Balić, Arnaud Préchac, Alberto Olmo, Eléa Rochera | Kim Tae-ri, Lee Dong-hwi, Cho Jin-woong, Lee Yong-nyeo, Ha Jung-woo |
Synopsis
Bad Influence
An ex-con gets a fresh start when hired to protect a wealthy heiress from a stalker — but their chemistry is hard to resist as they grow closer.
The Handmaiden
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed…
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