Special Unit - The First Murder vs Trainspotting
Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 8/10 for Trainspotting). Trainspotting is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 2h 5m. Trainspotting is the older of the two (1996 against 2025). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Special Unit - The First Murder
Trainspotting| Special Unit - The First Murder | Trainspotting | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1996 |
| Length | 2h 5m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, History | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Christoffer Boe | Danny Boyle |
| Main cast | Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt | Peter Mullan, Kevin McKidd, Kelly Macdonald, Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle |
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…
Trainspotting
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.
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