Anna and the King vs The Best of Youth

The Best of Youth has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.8/10 for Anna and the King). Anna and the King is the shorter watch at 2h 28m compared with 6h 7m. Anna and the King is the older of the two (1999 against 2003). Both are drama, history, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Anna and the King posterAnna and the King1999 VS The Best of Youth posterThe Best of Youth2003
Anna and the KingThe Best of Youth
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 8.1/10
Year19992003
Length2h 28m6h 7m
GenresDrama, History, RomanceDrama, History, Romance
Country––
DirectorAndy TennantMarco Tullio Giordana
Main castJodie Foster, Chow Yun-Fat, Bill Stewart, Tom Felton, Geoffrey PalmerLuigi Lo Cascio, Jasmine Trinca, Andrea Tidona, Claudio Gioè, Riccardo Scamarcio

Synopsis

Anna and the King

The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teacher Anna Leonowens during the 1860s. Anna teaches the children and becomes romanced by the King. She convinces him that a man can be loved by just one woman.

The Best of Youth

After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades.

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