Breakdown vs The Girl Who Played with Fire

Breakdown and The Girl Who Played with Fire are tied on audience score (6.9/10). Breakdown is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 2h 9m. Breakdown is the older of the two (1997 against 2009). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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BreakdownThe Girl Who Played with Fire
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 7.0/10
Year19972009
Length1h 33m2h 9m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–Denmark
DirectorJonathan MostowDaniel Alfredson
Main castKurt Russell, Jack Noseworthy, Jack McGee, Rex Linn, M.C. GaineyAnnika Hallin, Reuben Sallmander, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Noomi Rapace

Synopsis

Breakdown

On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff…

The Girl Who Played with Fire

Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation.

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