Eyes Wide Shut vs Joint Security Area

Joint Security Area has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.5/10 for Eyes Wide Shut). Joint Security Area is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 39m. Eyes Wide Shut is the older of the two (1999 against 2000). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Eyes Wide Shut posterEyes Wide Shut1999 VS Joint Security Area posterJoint Security Area2000
Eyes Wide ShutJoint Security Area
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 7.8/10
Year19992000
Length2h 39m1h 48m
GenresDrama, Mystery, ThrillerAction, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country–South Korea
DirectorStanley KubrickPark Chan-wook
Main castNicole Kidman, Alan Cumming, Rade Šerbedžija, Tom Cruise, Thomas GibsonLee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeon

Synopsis

Eyes Wide Shut

After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

Joint Security Area

Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.

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