Selma vs Special Unit - The First Murder
Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.4/10 for Selma). Special Unit - The First Murder is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 2h 7m. Selma is the older of the two (2014 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Selma
Special Unit - The First Murder| Selma | Special Unit - The First Murder | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h 7m | 2h 5m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Crime, Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Ava DuVernay | Christoffer Boe |
| Main cast | Colman Domingo, LaKeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Common, Carmen Ejogo | Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt |
Synopsis
Selma
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
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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