A Serious Man vs National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies

National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.7/10 for A Serious Man). A Serious Man is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 2h 15m. A Serious Man is the older of the two (2009 against 2023). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Serious Man posterA Serious Man2009 VS National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies posterNational Theatre Live: Best of Enemies2023
A Serious ManNational Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
Audience score★ 6.7/10★ 9.0/10
Year20092023
Length1h 46m2h 15m
GenresComedy, DramaComedy, Drama, History
CountryUnited States of AmericaUnited Kingdom
DirectorEthan Coen, Joel CoenJeremy Herrin
Main castMichael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Alan Mandell, Sari LennickSam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus Lowe

Synopsis

A Serious Man

It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.

National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies

In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal. During a new nightly television format, they debate the moral landscape of a shattered nation.

Where to watch

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