Oldboy vs Shanghai
Oldboy has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.1/10 for Shanghai). Shanghai is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 2h . Oldboy is the older of the two (2003 against 2010). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Oldboy
Shanghai| Oldboy | Shanghai | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.3/10 | ★ 6.1/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2010 |
| Length | 2h | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Park Chan-wook | Mikael Håfström |
| Main cast | Yoo Ji-tae, Kim Byeong-ok, Choi Min-sik, Ji Dae-han, Oh Dal-su | Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Hugh Bonneville, Benedict Wong, Franka Potente, David Morse |
Synopsis
Oldboy
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
Shanghai
An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret that his own government is hiding.
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