The Girl on the Train vs The Girl Who Played with Fire

The Girl Who Played with Fire has the higher audience score (7/10 against 6.4/10 for The Girl on the Train). The Girl on the Train is the shorter watch at 1h 52m compared with 2h 9m. The Girl Who Played with Fire is the older of the two (2009 against 2016). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Girl on the Train posterThe Girl on the Train2016 VS The Girl Who Played with Fire posterThe Girl Who Played with Fire2009
The Girl on the TrainThe Girl Who Played with Fire
Audience score★ 6.4/10★ 7.0/10
Year20162009
Length1h 52m2h 9m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–Denmark
DirectorTate TaylorDaniel Alfredson
Main castEmily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Darren Goldstein, Lisa Kudrow, Justin TherouxAnnika Hallin, Reuben Sallmander, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Noomi Rapace

Synopsis

The Girl on the Train

Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.

The Girl Who Played with Fire

Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation.

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