Special Unit - The First Murder vs White Boy Rick
Special Unit - The First Murder has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 6.4/10 for White Boy Rick). White Boy Rick is the shorter watch at 1h 51m compared with 2h 5m. White Boy Rick is the older of the two (2018 against 2025). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Special Unit - The First Murder
White Boy Rick| Special Unit - The First Murder | White Boy Rick | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 6.4/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2018 |
| Length | 2h 5m | 1h 51m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, History | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Christoffer Boe | Yann Demange |
| Main cast | Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Clara Rugaard, Alex Høgh Andersen, Mille Lehfeldt | Jennifer Jason Leigh, Eddie Marsan, Brian Tyree Henry, Bruce Dern, Jonathan Majors |
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…
White Boy Rick
The story of Richard Wershe Jr., a teenager who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s, and was ultimately arrested for drug trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
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