The Lightest Darkness vs The Ugly
The Lightest Darkness has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 7.1/10 for The Ugly). The Lightest Darkness is the shorter watch at 1h 23m compared with 1h 42m. The Lightest Darkness is the older of the two (2017 against 2025). Both are mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Lightest Darkness
The Ugly| The Lightest Darkness | The Ugly | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.7/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2017 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 23m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Mystery, Thriller | Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | Russia | – |
| Director | Diana Galimzyanova | Yeon Sang-ho |
| Main cast | Kolya Neukoelln, Rashid Aitouganov, Vyacheslav Manucharov, Alexander Rapoport, Ekaterina Dar | Im Sung-jae, Kwon Hae-hyo, Park Jeong-min, Lee Hyun-kyun, Park Myung-shin |
Synopsis
The Lightest Darkness
When a neurotic private eye who struggles to finish the case takes a train voyage, his own dark secrets begin to reveal themselves.
The Ugly
One day while overseeing a documentary crew filming his blind father at work, Im Dong-hwan gets a phone call that his missing mother’s remains have been found after forty years. Determined to find the truth of her disappearance, Dong-hwan embarks on a twisted odyssey through his family’s traumatic past, uncovering dark secrets along the way.
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