Blackmail vs The Passenger

Blackmail has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5/10 for The Passenger). The Passenger is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 2h 1m. Blackmail is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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BlackmailThe Passenger
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 5.0/10
Year20252026
Length2h 1m1h 33m
GenresDrama, Romance, ThrillerThriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorMu. MaranVadim Perelman
Main castRedin Kingsley, Ramesh Thilak, Muthukumar, Srikanth, Teju AshwiniKodi Smit-McPhee, Djimon Hounsou, Chris Sigurdson, David MacInnis, Sarah Constible

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 Passenger

Hassan, a Somali-American airport shuttle driver in Minneapolis, is struggling to make ends meet. When Lloyd, a stranded twenty-something at the airport, offers to pay Hassan to take him overland to Chicago, it seems worth the risk. But as the realization grows that his passenger is not what he seems, Hassan finds himself trapped in a terrifying ride that he can’t escape, knowing that saving himself might put countless others in danger.

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