Pretty Hurts vs SPEC: Zero
SPEC: Zero has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7/10 for Pretty Hurts). Pretty Hurts is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 18m. SPEC: Zero is the older of the two (2013 against 2025). Both are drama, tv movie movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Pretty Hurts | SPEC: Zero | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2013 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 2h 18m |
| Genres | Drama, TV Movie | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, TV Movie |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Brian Herzlinger | Yukihiko Tsutsumi |
| Main cast | Andrew Shaw, Haylie Duff, Rachael Markarian, Jon Lindstrom, Sarah Borne | Ren Osugi, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Erika Toda, Tetsushi Tanaka, Ryo Kase |
Synopsis
Pretty Hurts
To win scholarship money for college, Lauren enters the same beauty pageant her mom once dominated in her youth. Lauren is thrust into a dark, toxic world of cutthroat competition and manipulation. Too preoccupied with the pageant, Lauren doesn’t realize that her best friend Rae is falling seriously ill with an uncommon and potentially deadly disease — meningitis B – prompting her to turn the pageant platform into a tool for awareness.
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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