Black Book vs Joint Security Area

Joint Security Area has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.4/10 for Black Book). Joint Security Area is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 25m. Joint Security Area is the older of the two (2000 against 2006). Both are drama, thriller, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Black BookJoint Security Area
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 7.8/10
Year20062000
Length2h 25m1h 48m
GenresDrama, Thriller, WarAction, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country–South Korea
DirectorPaul VerhoevenPark Chan-wook
Main castMichiel Huisman, Waldemar Kobus, Sebastian Koch, Matthias Schoenaerts, Christian BerkelLee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeon

Synopsis

Black Book

In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.

Joint Security Area

Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.

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