Cure vs Dark Water

Cure has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 5.7/10 for Dark Water). Dark Water is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 1h 52m. Cure is the older of the two (1997 against 2005). Both are horror, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Cure posterCure1997 VS Dark Water posterDark Water2005
CureDark Water
Audience score★ 7.6/10★ 5.7/10
Year19972005
Length1h 52m1h 45m
GenresCrime, Horror, Mystery, ThrillerHorror, Mystery
CountryJapan–
DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaWalter Salles
Main castRen Osugi, Denden, Yoriko Doguchi, Koji Yakusho, Masato HagiwaraJennifer Connelly, Linda Emond, Camryn Manheim, Dougray Scott, J.R. Horne

Synopsis

Cure

A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.

Dark Water

Dahlia Williams and her daughter Cecelia move into a rundown apartment on New York's Roosevelt Island. Dahlia is in the midst of divorce proceedings, and the apartment, though near an excellent school for her daughter, is all she can afford. From the time she arrives, there are mysterious occurrences—and there is a constant drip from the ceiling in her daughter's bedroom…

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