Shirley vs Special Unit - The First Murder
Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 6.9/10 for Shirley). Shirley is the shorter watch at 1h 57m compared with 2h 5m. Shirley is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Shirley
Special Unit - The First Murder| Shirley | Special Unit - The First Murder | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 57m | 2h 5m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Crime, Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | John Ridley | Christoffer Boe |
| Main cast | W. Earl Brown, Terrence Howard, Dorian Missick, Amirah Vann, Lucas Hedges | Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt |
Synopsis
Shirley
Shirley Chisholm makes a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress.
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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