Special Unit - The First Murder vs The Girl with the Needle
Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.6/10 for The Girl with the Needle). The Girl with the Needle is the shorter watch at 2h 3m compared with 2h 5m. The Girl with the Needle 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 Girl with the Needle| Special Unit - The First Murder | The Girl with the Needle | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h 5m | 2h 3m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Christoffer Boe | Magnus von Horn |
| Main cast | Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt | Søren Sætter-Lassen, Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Joachim Fjelstrup, Besir Zeciri |
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 Girl with the Needle
Struggling to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen, a newly unemployed and pregnant young woman is taken in by a charismatic elder to help run an underground adoption agency. The two form an unexpected bond, until a sudden discovery changes everything.
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