City of God vs Special Unit - The First Murder
Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 8.4/10 for City of God). Special Unit - The First Murder is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 2h 9m. City of God is the older of the two (2002 against 2025). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
City of God
Special Unit - The First Murder| City of God | Special Unit - The First Murder | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h 9m | 2h 5m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Fernando Meirelles | Christoffer Boe |
| Main cast | Alice Braga, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Phellipe Haagensen | Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt |
Synopsis
City of God
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
Special Unit - The First Murder
Denmark in 1927. The ambitious police officer Otto Himmelstrup leads the newly formed Special Unit, which is tasked with assisting local police in solving particularly difficult crimes. When a body is found in a burnt-out summer house in Esbjerg, Otto and his team begin to unravel an unusual murder mystery, revealing power struggles and corruption among the city’s elite. The closer the unit gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes…
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