Goya's Ghosts vs Special Unit - The First Murder

Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 6.6/10 for Goya's Ghosts). Goya's Ghosts is the shorter watch at 1h 54m compared with 2h 5m. Goya's Ghosts is the older of the two (2006 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Goya's Ghosts posterGoya's Ghosts2006 VS Special Unit - The First Murder posterSpecial Unit - The First Murder2025
Goya's GhostsSpecial Unit - The First Murder
Audience score★ 6.6/10★ 8.8/10
Year20062025
Length1h 54m2h 5m
GenresDrama, HistoryCrime, Drama, History
CountrySpain–
DirectorMiloš FormanChristoffer Boe
Main castNatalie Portman, Randy Quaid, Michael Lonsdale, Javier Bardem, Stellan SkarsgårdNicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt

Synopsis

Goya's Ghosts

Painter Francisco Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition after his muse, Inés, is arrested by the church for heresy. Her family turns to him, hoping that his connection with fanatical Inquisitor Lorenzo, whom he is painting, can secure her release.

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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