Allied vs Tolkien
Tolkien has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 6.8/10 for Allied). Tolkien is the shorter watch at 1h 52m compared with 2h 4m. Allied is the older of the two (2016 against 2019). Both are drama, romance, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Allied
Tolkien| Allied | Tolkien | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2019 |
| Length | 2h 4m | 1h 52m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War | Drama, Romance, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Robert Zemeckis | Dome Karukoski |
| Main cast | Matthew Goode, Camille Cottin, Jared Harris, Simon McBurney, Lizzy Caplan | Harry Gilby, Colm Meaney, Anthony Boyle, Patrick Gibson, Mimi Keene |
Synopsis
Allied
In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
Tolkien
England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as they grow up, but the outbreak of World War I threatens to shatter it.