A Very Long Engagement vs Beyond Borders

A Very Long Engagement has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 6.4/10 for Beyond Borders). Beyond Borders is the shorter watch at 2h 7m compared with 2h 13m. Beyond Borders is the older of the two (2003 against 2004). Both are drama, romance, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Very Long Engagement posterA Very Long Engagement2004 VS Beyond Borders posterBeyond Borders2003
A Very Long EngagementBeyond Borders
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 6.4/10
Year20042003
Length2h 13m2h 7m
GenresDrama, Romance, WarAdventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country––
DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetMartin Campbell
Main castJodie Foster, Denis Lavant, Marion Cotillard, Audrey Tautou, Ticky HolgadoNoah Emmerich, Linus Roache, Clive Owen, Teri Polo, Angelina Jolie

Synopsis

A Very Long Engagement

Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.

Beyond Borders

Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984, is married to the son of a wealthy British industrialist. She encounters Nick Callahan, a renegade doctor, whose impassioned plea for help to support his relief efforts in war-torn Africa moves her deeply. As a result, Sarah embarks upon a journey of discovery that leads to danger, heartbreak and romance in the far corners of the world.

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