Memories of Murder vs The Talented Mr. Ripley

Memories of Murder has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.2/10 for The Talented Mr. Ripley). Memories of Murder is the shorter watch at 2h 11m compared with 2h 20m. The Talented Mr. Ripley is the older of the two (1999 against 2003). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Memories of MurderThe Talented Mr. Ripley
Audience score★ 8.1/10★ 7.2/10
Year20031999
Length2h 11m2h 20m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
CountrySouth Korea–
DirectorBong Joon HoAnthony Minghella
Main castByun Hee-bong, Kim Roi-ha, Song Kang-ho, Yoo Seung-mok, Ryu Tae-hoJude Law, Cate Blanchett, James Rebhorn, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Baker Hall

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 Talented Mr. Ripley

Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.

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