Special Unit - The First Murder vs The Irishman
Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.6/10 for The Irishman). Special Unit - The First Murder is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 3h 29m. The Irishman is the older of the two (2019 against 2025). Both are crime, drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Special Unit - The First Murder
The Irishman| Special Unit - The First Murder | The Irishman | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2019 |
| Length | 2h 5m | 3h 29m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, History | Crime, Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Christoffer Boe | Martin Scorsese |
| Main cast | Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt | Stephen Graham, Anna Paquin, Jack Huston, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons |
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 Irishman
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
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