Alone in Berlin vs The Hurt Locker
The Hurt Locker has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 6.7/10 for Alone in Berlin). Alone in Berlin is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 2h 11m. The Hurt Locker is the older of the two (2008 against 2016). Both are drama, thriller, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Alone in Berlin
The Hurt Locker| Alone in Berlin | The Hurt Locker | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2008 |
| Length | 1h 43m | 2h 11m |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller, War | Drama, Thriller, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Vincent Perez | Kathryn Bigelow |
| Main cast | Louis Hofmann, Brendan Gleeson, Lars Rudolph, Emma Thompson, Daniel Brühl | Evangeline Lilly, Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Sam Spruell, Christian Camargo |
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…
The Hurt Locker
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
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