Alone in Berlin vs Paradise Now
Paradise Now has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 6.7/10 for Alone in Berlin). Paradise Now is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 43m. Paradise Now is the older of the two (2005 against 2016). Both are drama, thriller, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Alone in Berlin
Paradise Now| Alone in Berlin | Paradise Now | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2005 |
| Length | 1h 43m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller, War | Crime, Drama, Thriller, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Vincent Perez | Hany Abu-Assad |
| Main cast | Louis Hofmann, Brendan Gleeson, Lars Rudolph, Emma Thompson, Daniel Brühl | Ali Suliman, Ashraf Barhom, Hiam Abbass, Qais Nashif, Lubna Azabal |
Synopsis
Alone in Berlin
Berlin in June of 1940. While Nazi propaganda celebrates the regime’s victory over France, a kitchen-cum-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with grief. Anna and Otto Quangel’s son has been killed at the front. This working class couple had long believed in the ‘Führer’ and followed him willingly, but now they realise that his promises are nothing but lies and deceit. They begin writing postcards as a form of resistance and in a bid to…
Paradise Now
Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
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