The Handmaiden vs Young Adam
The Handmaiden has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 5.8/10 for Young Adam). Young Adam is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 2h 25m. Young Adam is the older of the two (2003 against 2016). Both are drama, romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Handmaiden
Young Adam| The Handmaiden | Young Adam | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 5.8/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2003 |
| Length | 2h 25m | 1h 33m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Park Chan-wook | David Mackenzie |
| Main cast | Kim Tae-ri, Lee Dong-hwi, Cho Jin-woong, Lee Yong-nyeo, Ha Jung-woo | Peter Mullan, Ewan McGregor, Emily Mortimer, Ewan Stewart, Tilda Swinton |
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…
Young Adam
A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits.
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