Arrival vs E
Arrival has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 3/10 for E). E is the shorter watch at 1h 26m compared with 1h 56m. Arrival is the older of the two (2016 against 2025). Both are drama, mystery, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Arrival
E| Arrival | E | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 3.0/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 56m | 1h 26m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction | Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Denis Villeneuve | Anna Eriksson |
| Main cast | Jeremy Renner, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amy Adams, Forest Whitaker, Frank Schorpion | Anna Eriksson, Parco Lee, Johannes Haasbroek, Elize van Huyssteen |
Synopsis
Arrival
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
E
Ex prime Minister Eva Vogler causes a scandal at the Nobel Banquet and soon finds herself lost in the desert of the real. There she is confronted by her doppelgänger and other characters, one of them a possessed man pretending to be her husband. Throughout the film voice messages are being left on Vogler’s answering machine, suggesting reasons leading to the scandal. The doppelgängers pose a danger for all the lost souls wandering in the desert…