Hostages vs Parasite
Parasite has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 5.1/10 for Hostages). Hostages is the shorter watch at 1h 26m compared with 2h 13m. Parasite is the older of the two (2019 against 2025). Both are comedy, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hostages
Parasite| Hostages | Parasite | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.1/10 | ★ 8.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 26m | 2h 13m |
| Genres | Comedy, Thriller | Comedy, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Jim Owen | Bong Joon Ho |
| Main cast | Charlotte Ritchie, Jack Barry, Tanya Moodie, Nicholas Asbury, Alistair Green | Lee Jung-eun, Kim Kyu-baek, Cho Yeo-jeong, Park So-dam, Choi Woo-shik |
Synopsis
Hostages
After a terrifying explosion in a hotel in London, three strangers escape together and hide out in a room. Hostages is a comedy about the 24hr news cycle, "experts" and whether or not social media is more important than people's lives....
Parasite
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
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