Culprit vs Infernal Affairs

Infernal Affairs has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 4.6/10 for Culprit). Culprit is the shorter watch at 1h 37m compared with 1h 40m. Infernal Affairs is the older of the two (2002 against 2025). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Culprit posterCulprit2025 VS Infernal Affairs posterInfernal Affairs2002
CulpritInfernal Affairs
Audience score★ 4.6/10★ 7.8/10
Year20252002
Length1h 37m1h 40m
GenresCrime, Mystery, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorRich RonatAlan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Main castJamie Donovan, Michael Dempsey, Robert Lewis Stephenson, Carolyn Mignini, Laura McLauchlinTony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang

Synopsis

Culprit

In the small town of Huntsville, Texas, there is an unsolved murder of a nine-year-old girl. A convicted ex-con, Jack, has been released from prison after new DNA evidence proved he was not present at the scene of the crime. But when another little girl is brutally murdered after Jack's release, the town points their fingers at the ex-con. As Jack works to free his name, new suspects emerge in a town trying hard to keep secrets buried.

Infernal Affairs

Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.

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