5 Broken Cameras vs The Rescue

The Rescue has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.5/10 for 5 Broken Cameras). 5 Broken Cameras is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 47m. 5 Broken Cameras is the older of the two (2011 against 2021). Both are documentary, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

5 Broken Cameras poster5 Broken Cameras2011 VS The Rescue posterThe Rescue2021
5 Broken CamerasThe Rescue
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 7.9/10
Year20112021
Length1h 30m1h 47m
GenresCrime, Documentary, Drama, WarDocumentary, Drama
CountryFrance–
DirectorEmad Burnat, Guy DavidiElizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
Main castEmad Burnat, Soraya Burnat, Gibreel Burnat, Mohammed Burnat, Yasin BurnatRichard Harris, Jim Warny, Thanet Natisri, John Volanthen, Derek Anderson

Synopsis

5 Broken Cameras

Five broken cameras – and each one has a powerful tale to tell. Embedded in the bullet-ridden remains of digital technology is the story of Emad Burnat, a farmer from the Palestinian village of Bil’in, which famously chose nonviolent resistance when the Israeli army encroached upon its land to make room for Jewish colonists. Emad buys his first camera in 2005 to document the birth of his fourth son, Gibreel. Over the course of the film, he…

The Rescue

The enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand.

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