Islands vs Oldboy
Oldboy has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.5/10 for Islands). Oldboy is the older of the two (2003 against 2025). Both are drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Islands
Oldboy| Islands | Oldboy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 8.3/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2003 |
| Length | 2h | 2h |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Jan Ole Gerster | Park Chan-wook |
| Main cast | Stacy Martin, Sam Riley, Jack Farthing, Fatima Adoum, Bruna Cusí | Yoo Ji-tae, Kim Byeong-ok, Choi Min-sik, Ji Dae-han, Oh Dal-su |
Synopsis
Islands
Tom is the tennis coach at a luxurious island hotel, filling the time between lessons with alcohol and one-night stands. The arrival of the Maguire family pulls Tom out of his normal routine and he strikes up a relationship with Anne, her husband Dave, and their son Anton. Tom is unable to shake the feeling that he has met Anne before. This tension grows until one night, Dave goes missing and the investigation points to both Anne and Tom as…
Oldboy
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.