22 July vs Kill the Messenger

22 July has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6.6/10 for Kill the Messenger). Kill the Messenger is the shorter watch at 1h 52m compared with 2h 23m. Kill the Messenger is the older of the two (2014 against 2018). Both are crime, drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

22 July poster22 July2018 VS Kill the Messenger posterKill the Messenger2014
22 JulyKill the Messenger
Audience score★ 7.1/10★ 6.6/10
Year20182014
Length2h 23m1h 52m
GenresCrime, Drama, History, ThrillerCrime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorPaul GreengrassMichael Cuesta
Main castJonas Strand Gravli, Øystein Martinsen, Anders Danielsen Lie, Maria Bock, Jon ØigardenRichard Schiff, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jeremy Renner, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosemarie DeWitt

Synopsis

22 July

On 22 July 2011, neo-Nazi terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 young people attending a Labour Party Youth Camp on Utøya Island outside of Oslo. This three-part story focuses on the survivors, the political leadership of Norway, and the lawyers involved.

Kill the Messenger

A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.

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