Memories of Murder vs When the Angels Sleep

Memories of Murder has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 5.6/10 for When the Angels Sleep). When the Angels Sleep is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 2h 11m. Memories of Murder is the older of the two (2003 against 2018). Both are crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Memories of Murder posterMemories of Murder2003 VS When the Angels Sleep posterWhen the Angels Sleep2018
Memories of MurderWhen the Angels Sleep
Audience score★ 8.1/10★ 5.6/10
Year20032018
Length2h 11m1h 34m
GenresCrime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Thriller
CountrySouth Korea–
DirectorBong Joon HoGonzalo Bendala
Main castByun Hee-bong, Kim Roi-ha, Song Kang-ho, Yoo Seung-mok, Ryu Tae-hoAdolfo Fernández, Julián Villagrán, Font García, Marian Álvarez, Ester Expósito

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.

When the Angels Sleep

Germán, an honest family man, sees how his whole world wobbles the night when, driving home, accidentally runs over two teenage girls. From that moment, Germán will have to do everything in his power to prevent his life from being destroyed forever.

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