Genius vs Special Unit - The First Murder
Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 6.5/10 for Genius). Genius is the shorter watch at 1h 44m compared with 2h 5m. Genius is the older of the two (2016 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Genius
Special Unit - The First Murder| Genius | Special Unit - The First Murder | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 44m | 2h 5m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Crime, Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Michael Grandage | Christoffer Boe |
| Main cast | Jude Law, Dominic West, Laura Linney, Nicole Kidman, Guy Pearce | Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt |
Synopsis
Genius
New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius.
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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