The Handmaiden vs Wild Side
The Handmaiden has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 5.8/10 for Wild Side). Wild Side is the shorter watch at 1h 51m compared with 2h 25m. Wild Side is the older of the two (1996 against 2016). Both are romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Handmaiden
Wild Side| The Handmaiden | Wild Side | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 5.8/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 1996 |
| Length | 2h 25m | 1h 51m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, Thriller | Romance, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Park Chan-wook | Donald Cammell |
| Main cast | Kim Tae-ri, Lee Dong-hwi, Cho Jin-woong, Lee Yong-nyeo, Ha Jung-woo | Joan Chen, Christopher Walken, Lewis Arquette, Steven Bauer, Anne Heche |
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…
Wild Side
A bank accountant who moonlights as a high-priced call girl becomes embroiled in the lives of a money launderer, his seductive wife, and his bodyguard.
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