Culprit vs Zodiac
Zodiac has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 4.6/10 for Culprit). Culprit is the shorter watch at 1h 37m compared with 2h 37m. Zodiac is the older of the two (2007 against 2025). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Culprit
Zodiac| Culprit | Zodiac | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.6/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2007 |
| Length | 1h 37m | 2h 37m |
| Genres | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Rich Ronat | David Fincher |
| Main cast | Jamie Donovan, Michael Dempsey, Robert Lewis Stephenson, Carolyn Mignini, Laura McLauchlin | Dermot Mulroney, Jake Gyllenhaal, Donal Logue, Brian Cox, Robert Downey Jr. |
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.
Zodiac
The Zodiac murders cause the lives of Paul Avery, David Toschi and Robert Graysmith to intersect.