Memories of Murder vs Tiger in the Smoke

Memories of Murder has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.7/10 for Tiger in the Smoke). Tiger in the Smoke is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 2h 11m. Tiger in the Smoke is the older of the two (1956 against 2003). Both are crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Memories of Murder posterMemories of Murder2003 VS Tiger in the Smoke posterTiger in the Smoke1956
Memories of MurderTiger in the Smoke
Audience score★ 8.1/10★ 6.7/10
Year20031956
Length2h 11m1h 34m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Thriller
CountrySouth Korea–
DirectorBong Joon HoRoy Ward Baker
Main castByun Hee-bong, Kim Roi-ha, Song Kang-ho, Yoo Seung-mok, Ryu Tae-hoDonald Sinden, Brian Wilde, Thomas Heathcote, Muriel Pavlow, Violet Gould

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.

Tiger in the Smoke

In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother. Before he dies he talks about a treasure that was hidden there. Several years later, the members of that group are still together as a street band living in a cellar. The last of the gang, who was chosen for his skills as a ruthless killer, escapes from prison in a rampage of killing and, obsessed with the treasure…

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