Special Unit - The First Murder vs The Brutalist
Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7/10 for The Brutalist). Special Unit - The First Murder is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 3h 35m. The Brutalist is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Special Unit - The First Murder
The Brutalist| Special Unit - The First Murder | The Brutalist | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h 5m | 3h 35m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Christoffer Boe | Brady Corbet |
| Main cast | Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt | Emma Laird, Jonathan Hyde, Guy Pearce, Adrien Brody, Michael Epp |
Synopsis
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…
The Brutalist
When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern United States, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious, wealthy client.
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