Never Talk to Strangers vs The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 5.3/10 for Never Talk to Strangers). Never Talk to Strangers is the shorter watch at 1h 26m compared with 2h 25m. Never Talk to Strangers is the older of the two (1995 against 2016). Both are romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Never Talk to Strangers
The Handmaiden| Never Talk to Strangers | The Handmaiden | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.3/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 1995 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 26m | 2h 25m |
| Genres | Romance, Thriller | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Peter Hall | Park Chan-wook |
| Main cast | Len Cariou, Tim Kelleher, Harry Dean Stanton, Rebecca De Mornay, Antonio Banderas | Kim Tae-ri, Lee Dong-hwi, Cho Jin-woong, Lee Yong-nyeo, Ha Jung-woo |
Synopsis
Never Talk to Strangers
Sarah Taylor, a police psychologist, meets a mysterious and seductive young man, Tony Ramirez, and falls in love with him. As a cause of this relationship, she changes her personality when she begins to receive anonymous telephone calls.
The Handmaiden
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed…
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