Eleni vs Special Unit - The First Murder
Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 5.9/10 for Eleni). Eleni is the shorter watch at 1h 54m compared with 2h 5m. Eleni is the older of the two (1985 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Eleni
Special Unit - The First Murder| Eleni | Special Unit - The First Murder | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.9/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 1985 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 2h 5m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Crime, Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Peter Yates | Christoffer Boe |
| Main cast | John Malkovich, Glenne Headly, Ronald Pickup, Linda Hunt, Oliver Cotton | Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt |
Synopsis
Eleni
Nick is a writer in New York when he gets posted to a bureau in Greece. He has waited 30 years for this. He wants to know why his mother was killed in the civil war years earlier. In a parallel plot line we see Nick as a young boy and his family as they struggle to survive in the occupied Greek hillside. The plot lines converge as Nick's investigations bring him closer to the answers.
Special Unit - The First Murder
Denmark in 1927. The ambitious police officer Otto Himmelstrup leads the newly formed Special Unit, which is tasked with assisting local police in solving particularly difficult crimes. When a body is found in a burnt-out summer house in Esbjerg, Otto and his team begin to unravel an unusual murder mystery, revealing power struggles and corruption among the city’s elite. The closer the unit gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes…
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