Joint Security Area vs Shutter Island
Shutter Island has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.8/10 for Joint Security Area). Joint Security Area is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 18m. Joint Security Area is the older of the two (2000 against 2010). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Joint Security Area
Shutter Island| Joint Security Area | Shutter Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2010 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 2h 18m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | South Korea | – |
| Director | Park Chan-wook | Martin Scorsese |
| Main cast | Lee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeon | Joseph Sikora, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio |
Synopsis
Joint Security Area
Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.
Shutter Island
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
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