African Cats vs The Dawn Wall

The Dawn Wall has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.4/10 for African Cats). African Cats is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 41m. African Cats is the older of the two (2011 against 2017). Both are adventure, documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

African Cats posterAfrican Cats2011 VS The Dawn Wall posterThe Dawn Wall2017
African CatsThe Dawn Wall
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 8.1/10
Year20112017
Length1h 29m1h 41m
GenresAdventure, DocumentaryAdventure, Documentary
CountryUnited States of AmericaAustria
DirectorAlastair Fothergill, Keith ScholeyJosh Lowell, Peter Mortimer
Main castPatrick Stewart, Samuel L. JacksonTommy Caldwell, John Branch, Kevin Jorgeson, Beth Rodden, Becca Pietsch

Synopsis

African Cats

African Cats captures the real-life love, humor and determination of the majestic kings of the savanna. The story features Mara, an endearing lion cub who strives to grow up with her mother’s strength, spirit and wisdom; Sita, a fearless cheetah and single mother of five mischievous newborns; and Fang, a proud leader of the pride who must defend his family from a once banished lion.

The Dawn Wall

The definitive film on the climb that captured headlines and ignited imaginations worldwide. Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson ascend the hardest big wall of all time: a 19 day ascent of The Dawn Wall, on the 3,000 foot vertical face of El Capitan, in Yosemite National Park. The film travels deeper than the climb, digging into the history of the climbers and painting an intimate portrait of Caldwell's harrowing life experiences that culminated…

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