Cognitive vs The Candidate

Cognitive has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.5/10 for The Candidate). The Candidate is the older of the two (2008 against 2025). Both are thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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CognitiveThe Candidate
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 5.5/10
Year20252008
Length–1h 30m
GenresThrillerThriller
Country––
DirectorEvan RichardsKasper Barfoed
Main castCharles Fleischer, Ratidzo Mambo, Rachel Fleischer, Nina Brissey, Adam CourtinKim Bodnia, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, David Dencik, Ulf Pilgaard, Henrik Prip

Synopsis

Cognitive

Alisha encounters a strange and mysterious couple forcing her to think she may not be who she thinks she is.

The Candidate

Jonas Bechmann, a defense attorney, is a man of the system. Until the day he himself is accused of murder. Taking matters into his own hands, he throws himself into the hunt for a group of blackmailers who threaten to expose him as the killer. But nothing is what it appears to be, and the blackmail links back to his father's death under mysterious circumstances a year and a half earlier.

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