Cure vs Sparkling Cyanide

Cure has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6/10 for Sparkling Cyanide). Sparkling Cyanide is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 52m. Sparkling Cyanide is the older of the two (1983 against 1997). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Cure posterCure1997 VS Sparkling Cyanide posterSparkling Cyanide1983
CureSparkling Cyanide
Audience score★ 7.6/10★ 6.0/10
Year19971983
Length1h 52m1h 40m
GenresCrime, Horror, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie
CountryJapan–
DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaRobert Michael Lewis
Main castRen Osugi, Denden, Yoriko Doguchi, Koji Yakusho, Masato HagiwaraDeborah Raffin, Josef Sommer, Anthony Andrews, Anne Rogers, Ismael 'East' Carlo

Synopsis

Cure

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

Sparkling Cyanide

The beautiful but unfaithful wife of a successful lawyer meets her untimely end at their anniversary dinner. After a suicide note is found soon after her death, it seems more likely that she was murdered, as all the dinner guests had good reason to want her dead.

Where to watch

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