Joint Security Area vs Stay
Joint Security Area has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.6/10 for Stay). Stay is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 1h 48m. Joint Security Area is the older of the two (2000 against 2005). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Joint Security Area
Stay| Joint Security Area | Stay | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2005 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 1h 39m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | South Korea | – |
| Director | Park Chan-wook | Marc Forster |
| Main cast | Lee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeon | Jessica Hecht, Elizabeth Reaser, Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling, Janeane Garofalo |
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.
Stay
Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his parents. As reality starts to contradict fact, Sam spirals into an unstable mental state. Then he finds a clue as to how and when Henry may try to kill himself, and races to try to stop him.
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