Primal Fear vs The Night of the 12th

Primal Fear has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 7/10 for The Night of the 12th). The Night of the 12th is the shorter watch at 1h 54m compared with 2h 9m. Primal Fear is the older of the two (1996 against 2022). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Primal Fear posterPrimal Fear1996 VS The Night of the 12th posterThe Night of the 12th2022
Primal FearThe Night of the 12th
Audience score★ 7.7/10★ 7.0/10
Year19962022
Length2h 9m1h 54m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery
CountryUnited States of AmericaBelgium
DirectorGregory HoblitDominik Moll
Main castJon Seda, Maura Tierney, Richard Gere, Alfre Woodard, Laura LinneyDavid Murgia, Bastien Bouillon, Thibaut Évrard, Paul Jeanson, Bouli Lanners

Synopsis

Primal Fear

An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a third person in the room.

The Night of the 12th

Young and ambitious Captain Vivés has just been appointed group leader at the Grenoble Criminal Squad when Clara's murder case lands on his desk. Vivés and his team investigate Clara's complex life and relations, but what starts as a professional and methodical immersion into the victim's life soon turns into a haunting obsession.

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