Before Midnight vs Blackmail
Blackmail has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Before Midnight). Before Midnight is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 2h 1m. Before Midnight is the older of the two (2013 against 2025). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Before Midnight
Blackmail| Before Midnight | Blackmail | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2013 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 2h 1m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Richard Linklater | Mu. Maran |
| Main cast | Ethan Hawke, Ariane Labed, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Julie Delpy, Jennifer Prior | Redin Kingsley, Ramesh Thilak, Muthukumar, Srikanth, Teju Ashwini |
Synopsis
Before Midnight
It has been nine years since we last met Jesse and Celine, the French-American couple who once met on a train in Vienna. They now live in Paris with twin daughters but have spent a summer in Greece at the invitation of an author colleague of Jesse's. When the vacation is over and Jesse must send his teenage son off to the States, he begins to question his life decisions, and his relationship with Celine is at risk.
Blackmail
Trapped in escalating blackmail, Mani faces mounting danger as crime, passion, and greed intertwine, exposing hidden truths and changing allegiances throughout his ordeal.
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