Memories of Murder vs The Lookout

Memories of Murder has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.7/10 for The Lookout). The Lookout is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 2h 11m. Memories of Murder is the older of the two (2003 against 2007). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Memories of Murder posterMemories of Murder2003 VS The Lookout posterThe Lookout2007
Memories of MurderThe Lookout
Audience score★ 8.1/10★ 6.7/10
Year20032007
Length2h 11m1h 39m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
CountrySouth KoreaUnited States of America
DirectorBong Joon HoScott Frank
Main castByun Hee-bong, Kim Roi-ha, Song Kang-ho, Yoo Seung-mok, Ryu Tae-hoAlex Borstein, Carla Gugino, Matthew Goode, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, David Huband

Synopsis

Memories of Murder

During the late 1980s, two detectives in a South Korean province attempt to solve the nation's first series of rape-and-murder cases.

The Lookout

Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.

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