Nowhere to Run vs The Handmaiden

The Handmaiden has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.4/10 for Nowhere to Run). Nowhere to Run is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 2h 25m. Nowhere to Run is the older of the two (1993 against 2016). Both are drama, romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Nowhere to Run posterNowhere to Run1993 VS The Handmaiden posterThe Handmaiden2016
Nowhere to RunThe Handmaiden
Audience score★ 6.4/10★ 8.2/10
Year19932016
Length1h 34m2h 25m
GenresAction, Drama, Romance, ThrillerDrama, Romance, Thriller
Country––
DirectorRobert HarmonPark Chan-wook
Main castKieran Culkin, Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ted Levine, Tiffany TaubmanKim Tae-ri, Lee Dong-hwi, Cho Jin-woong, Lee Yong-nyeo, Ha Jung-woo

Synopsis

Nowhere to Run

Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children.

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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