The Handmaiden vs The Lost Boys

The Handmaiden has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.1/10 for The Lost Boys). The Lost Boys is the shorter watch at 1h 37m compared with 2h 25m. The Lost Boys is the older of the two (1987 against 2016). Both are drama, romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Handmaiden posterThe Handmaiden2016 VS The Lost Boys posterThe Lost Boys1987
The HandmaidenThe Lost Boys
Audience score★ 8.2/10★ 7.1/10
Year20161987
Length2h 25m1h 37m
GenresDrama, Romance, ThrillerComedy, Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorPark Chan-wookJoel Schumacher
Main castKim Tae-ri, Lee Dong-hwi, Cho Jin-woong, Lee Yong-nyeo, Ha Jung-wooKiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Dianne Wiest, Barnard Hughes, Corey Feldman

Synopsis

The Handmaiden

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed…

The Lost Boys

When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.

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