Cure vs Hide and Seek

Cure has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.3/10 for Hide and Seek). Hide and Seek is the shorter watch at 1h 41m 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.

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CureHide and Seek
Audience score★ 7.6/10★ 6.3/10
Year19972005
Length1h 52m1h 41m
GenresCrime, Horror, Mystery, ThrillerHorror, Mystery
CountryJapan–
DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaJohn Polson
Main castRen Osugi, Denden, Yoriko Doguchi, Koji Yakusho, Masato HagiwaraElisabeth Shue, Dakota Fanning, Robert De Niro, Famke Janssen, Dylan Baker

Synopsis

Cure

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

Hide and Seek

David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his own. David is at first amused to discover that Emily has created an imaginary friend named 'Charlie', but it isn't long before 'Charlie' develops a sinister and violent side, and as David struggles with his daughter's growing emotional problems, he comes to the frightening realisation that…

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