Coco Before Chanel vs Special Unit - The First Murder

Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 6.9/10 for Coco Before Chanel). Coco Before Chanel is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h 5m. Coco Before Chanel is the older of the two (2009 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Coco Before Chanel posterCoco Before Chanel2009 VS Special Unit - The First Murder posterSpecial Unit - The First Murder2025
Coco Before ChanelSpecial Unit - The First Murder
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 8.8/10
Year20092025
Length1h 50m2h 5m
GenresDrama, HistoryCrime, Drama, History
Country––
DirectorAnne FontaineChristoffer Boe
Main castAudrey Tautou, Yan Duffas, Alessandro Nivola, Marie Gillain, Vincent NemethNicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt

Synopsis

Coco Before Chanel

Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She's both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the song she sings nightly with her sister. A liaison with Baron Balsan gives her an entree into French society and a chance to develop her gift for designing.

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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