Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 vs The Man on the Balcony

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 6.1/10 for The Man on the Balcony). The Man on the Balcony is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 1h 33m. The Man on the Balcony is the older of the two (1993 against 2009). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 posterRed Riding: The Year of Our Lord 19802009 VS The Man on the Balcony posterThe Man on the Balcony1993
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980The Man on the Balcony
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 6.1/10
Year20091993
Length1h 33m1h 31m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, TV MovieCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorJames MarshDaniel Alfredson
Main castShaun Dooley, Nicholas Woodeson, Jim Carter, Sean Harris, Eddie MarsanUlf Friberg, Rolf Lassgård, Niklas Hjulström, Kjell Bergqvist, Gösta Ekman

Synopsis

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

After 6 years of brutal murders, the West Yorkshire Police fear that they may have already interviewed The Ripper and let him back into the world to continue his reign of terror upon the citizens of Yorkshire. Assistant Chief Constable of the Manchester Police, Peter Hunter, is called in to oversee the West Yorkshire Police's Ripper investigation and see what they could have missed.

The Man on the Balcony

A serial-killer attacks and murders young girls in the parks of Stockholm. The police have trouble finding any evidence to find the killer. But when a newsstand is robbed in one of the parks while the murderer strikes again, police inspector Martin Beck believes that the robber may be an important witness. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

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