Outerlands vs SPEC: Zero

SPEC: Zero has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 2.5/10 for Outerlands). Outerlands is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 18m. SPEC: Zero is the older of the two (2013 against 2025). Both are drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Outerlands posterOuterlands2025 VS SPEC: Zero posterSPEC: Zero2013
OuterlandsSPEC: Zero
Audience score★ 2.5/10★ 7.9/10
Year20252013
Length1h 40m2h 18m
GenresDrama, MysteryComedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, TV Movie
Country––
DirectorElena OxmanYukihiko Tsutsumi
Main castAsia Kate Dillon, Lea DeLaria, Louisa Krause, Daniel K. Isaac, Ridley Asha BatemanRen Osugi, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Erika Toda, Tetsushi Tanaka, Ryo Kase

Synopsis

Outerlands

Cass juggles jobs as a nanny, restaurant server, and party drug dealer in order to make ends meet and pay for their tiny San Francisco apartment. After a one night stand with Kalli, a co-worker they have a crush on, Cass agrees to watch her 11-year-old daughter, Ari, while she goes out of town. But as days pass without word from Kalli, Cass and Ari form a bond that spirals Cass back to their own difficult childhood and the pain they’ve been…

SPEC: Zero

High school student Saya Toma lost her parents and younger brother in an airplane accident. Detective Akio Kondo came and told her "your family has a high possibility that they were killed by people who have spec." That was the first time she heard of "spec". 6 years later, Saya Toma, who has never forgotten what the Detective said, decides to become a detective. She returns to Japan after receiving training by the FBI in the United States…

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