Blackout vs Memories of Murder

Memories of Murder has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 4.5/10 for Blackout). Blackout is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 2h 11m. Blackout is the older of the two (1986 against 2003). Both are crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Blackout posterBlackout1986 VS Memories of Murder posterMemories of Murder2003
BlackoutMemories of Murder
Audience score★ 4.5/10★ 8.1/10
Year19862003
Length1h 27m2h 11m
GenresCrime, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
Country–South Korea
DirectorErik GustavsonBong Joon Ho
Main castJuni Dahr, Tone Danielsen, Terje Strømdahl, Kim Haugen, Elisabeth SandByun Hee-bong, Kim Roi-ha, Song Kang-ho, Yoo Seung-mok, Ryu Tae-ho

Synopsis

Blackout

Werner is a private investigator. One day, the rich and attractive Stella Hvidsteen visits him in his weary office. She says that her sister Evy has disappeared, asks him to find her, and adds that her sister has red hair.

Memories of Murder

During the late 1980s, two detectives in a South Korean province attempt to solve the nation's first series of rape-and-murder cases.

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