Blackmail vs The Captive
Blackmail has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.6/10 for The Captive). The Captive is the shorter watch at 1h 58m compared with 2h 1m. The Captive is the older of the two (2000 against 2025). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Blackmail
The Captive| Blackmail | The Captive | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.6/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2000 |
| Length | 2h 1m | 1h 58m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, Thriller | Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Mu. Maran | Chantal Akerman |
| Main cast | Redin Kingsley, Ramesh Thilak, Muthukumar, Srikanth, Teju Ashwini | Stanislas Merhar, Sylvie Testud, Olivia Bonamy, Liliane Rovère, Bérénice Bejo |
Synopsis
Blackmail
Trapped in escalating blackmail, Mani faces mounting danger as crime, passion, and greed intertwine, exposing hidden truths and changing allegiances throughout his ordeal.
The Captive
Ariane and Simon met down by the water. Simon has managed to prize Ariane away from her friends, a bunch of free and arrogant girls, and move her into his place, with her own room at the end of the hall and her own bathroom next to his. He has taken on Andrée, one of the girls from the bunch by the water, to watch over Ariane, escort her wherever she goes and report back to him on everything she does. Andrée becomes Ariane’s accomplice. She’ll…
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