Special Unit - The First Murder vs The Grifters
Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 6.5/10 for The Grifters). The Grifters is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h 5m. The Grifters is the older of the two (1990 against 2025). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Special Unit - The First Murder
The Grifters| Special Unit - The First Murder | The Grifters | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1990 |
| Length | 2h 5m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, History | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Christoffer Boe | Stephen Frears |
| Main cast | Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt | Stephen Tobolowsky, John Cusack, Gailard Sartain, Eddie Jones, Annette Bening |
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 Grifters
A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
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