Don't Say Sorry vs The Reader

Don't Say Sorry has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for The Reader). Don't Say Sorry is the shorter watch at 23m compared with 2h 4m. The Reader is the older of the two (2008 against 2018). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Don't Say Sorry posterDon't Say Sorry2018 VS The Reader posterThe Reader2008
Don't Say SorryThe Reader
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 7.5/10
Year20182008
Length23m2h 4m
GenresDrama, RomanceDrama, Romance
CountrySouth Korea–
DirectorLee Da YeonStephen Daldry
Main castChoi Woo-jeong, Kim Da-solLena Olin, Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Alexandra Maria Lara

Synopsis

Don't Say Sorry

Choi Yeon, who is rumored to be a lesbian, doesn't care about the rumors. However, she feels special about Ha-gyeong's friendly manners. Choi Yeon gets confused when the rumors about her become true.

The Reader

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.

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