Joint Security Area vs Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Joint Security Area has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.6/10 for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy). Joint Security Area is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 7m. Joint Security Area is the older of the two (2000 against 2011). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Joint Security Area
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy| Joint Security Area | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2011 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 2h 7m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | South Korea | – |
| Director | Park Chan-wook | Tomas Alfredson |
| Main cast | Lee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeon | Tom Hardy, Stephen Graham, John Hurt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong |
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.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.
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