Special Unit - The First Murder vs The Shawshank Redemption
Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 8.7/10 for The Shawshank Redemption). Special Unit - The First Murder is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 2025). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Special Unit - The First Murder
The Shawshank Redemption| Special Unit - The First Murder | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1994 |
| Length | 2h 5m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, History | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Christoffer Boe | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
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 Shawshank Redemption
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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