Race vs Special Unit - The First Murder
Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.3/10 for Race). Special Unit - The First Murder is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 2h 14m. Race is the older of the two (2016 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Race | Special Unit - The First Murder | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h 14m | 2h 5m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Crime, Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Stephen Hopkins | Christoffer Boe |
| Main cast | Jason Sudeikis, Amanda Crew, Chantel Riley, William Hurt, Jeremy Irons | Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt |
Synopsis
Race
Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.
Special Unit - The First Murder
Denmark in 1927. The ambitious police officer Otto Himmelstrup leads the newly formed Special Unit, which is tasked with assisting local police in solving particularly difficult crimes. When a body is found in a burnt-out summer house in Esbjerg, Otto and his team begin to unravel an unusual murder mystery, revealing power struggles and corruption among the city’s elite. The closer the unit gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes…
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