Joint Security Area vs The Dinner
Joint Security Area has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 4.5/10 for The Dinner). Joint Security Area is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h . Joint Security Area is the older of the two (2000 against 2017). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Joint Security Area
The Dinner| Joint Security Area | The Dinner | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 4.5/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 2h |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Park Chan-wook | Oren Moverman |
| Main cast | Lee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeon | Adepero Oduye, Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Coogan |
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.
The Dinner
Two brothers and their wives meet up at a haute-cuisine restaurant to discuss what to do about a horrific crime that their sons committed together. As the quartet debate their options, the conversation reopens old wounds between the siblings.
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