Cure vs The Crimson Rivers

Cure has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.9/10 for The Crimson Rivers). The Crimson Rivers is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 1h 52m. Cure is the older of the two (1997 against 2000). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Cure posterCure1997 VS The Crimson Rivers posterThe Crimson Rivers2000
CureThe Crimson Rivers
Audience score★ 7.6/10★ 6.9/10
Year19972000
Length1h 52m1h 46m
GenresCrime, Horror, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Mystery, Thriller
CountryJapan–
DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaMathieu Kassovitz
Main castRen Osugi, Denden, Yoriko Doguchi, Koji Yakusho, Masato HagiwaraVincent Cassel, Didier Flamand, Jean Reno, Nadia Farès, Dominique Sanda

Synopsis

Cure

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

The Crimson Rivers

Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.

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