Hedda vs The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 4.7/10 for Hedda). Hedda is the shorter watch at 1h 47m compared with 2h 25m. The Handmaiden is the older of the two (2016 against 2025). Both are drama, romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hedda
The Handmaiden| Hedda | The Handmaiden | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.7/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 47m | 2h 25m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, Thriller | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Nia DaCosta | Park Chan-wook |
| Main cast | Tessa Thompson, Tom Bateman, Imogen Poots, Nicholas Pinnock, Kathryn Hunter | Kim Tae-ri, Lee Dong-hwi, Cho Jin-woong, Lee Yong-nyeo, Ha Jung-woo |
Synopsis
Hedda
Hedda Gabler finds herself torn between the lingering ache of a past love and the quiet suffocation of her present life. Over the course of one charged night, long-repressed desires and hidden tensions erupt—pulling her and everyone around her into a spiral of manipulation, passion, and betrayal.
The Handmaiden
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed…
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