Ride or Die vs The Handmaiden

The Handmaiden has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.7/10 for Ride or Die). Ride or Die is the shorter watch at 2h 22m compared with 2h 25m. The Handmaiden is the older of the two (2016 against 2021). Both are drama, romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Ride or Die posterRide or Die2021 VS The Handmaiden posterThe Handmaiden2016
Ride or DieThe Handmaiden
Audience score★ 6.7/10★ 8.2/10
Year20212016
Length2h 22m2h 25m
GenresDrama, Romance, ThrillerDrama, Romance, Thriller
CountryJapan–
DirectorRyuichi HirokiPark Chan-wook
Main castAnne Suzuki, Kiko Mizuhara, Honami Sato, Yoko Maki, Shunsuke TanakaKim Tae-ri, Lee Dong-hwi, Cho Jin-woong, Lee Yong-nyeo, Ha Jung-woo

Synopsis

Ride or Die

Rei helps the woman she's been in love with for years escape her abusive husband. While on the run, their feelings for each other catch fire.

The Handmaiden

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed…

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