Break Up vs Lust, Caution

Lust, Caution has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 5/10 for Break Up). Break Up is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 38m. Break Up is the older of the two (1998 against 2007). Both are romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Break Up posterBreak Up1998 VS Lust, Caution posterLust, Caution2007
Break UpLust, Caution
Audience score★ 5.0/10★ 7.3/10
Year19982007
Length1h 40m2h 38m
GenresRomance, ThrillerAction, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country––
DirectorPaul MarcusAng Lee
Main castKiefer Sutherland, Steven Weber, Hart Bochner, Robin Thomas, Leslie StefansonJoan Chen, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tou Tsung-Hua, Tang Wei, Leehom Wang

Synopsis

Break Up

Housewife Jimmy Dade stays with her violent husband, Frankie, even after his abuse leads to the loss of her hearing. When his car is found with an unidentifiable dead body inside, police officers John Box and Andrew Ramsey suspect Jimmy has killed him. But, after discovering her bank account has been emptied, Jimmy fears that Frankie is still alive, and she goes on the run -- with the police in pursuit.

Lust, Caution

During World War II, a secret agent must seduce and assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai.

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