Judas and the Black Messiah vs Special Unit - The First Murder
Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.3/10 for Judas and the Black Messiah). Special Unit - The First Murder is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 2h 6m. Judas and the Black Messiah is the older of the two (2021 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Judas and the Black Messiah
Special Unit - The First Murder| Judas and the Black Messiah | Special Unit - The First Murder | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 2021 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h 6m | 2h 5m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Crime, Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Shaka King | Christoffer Boe |
| Main cast | LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Thorne, Daniel Kaluuya, Dominique Fishback | Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt |
Synopsis
Judas and the Black Messiah
Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.
Special Unit - The First Murder
Denmark in 1927. The ambitious police officer Otto Himmelstrup leads the newly formed Special Unit, which is tasked with assisting local police in solving particularly difficult crimes. When a body is found in a burnt-out summer house in Esbjerg, Otto and his team begin to unravel an unusual murder mystery, revealing power struggles and corruption among the city’s elite. The closer the unit gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes…
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