Ayla: The Daughter of War vs Beasts of No Nation

Ayla: The Daughter of War has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.6/10 for Beasts of No Nation). Ayla: The Daughter of War is the shorter watch at 2h 4m compared with 2h 17m. Beasts of No Nation is the older of the two (2015 against 2017). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Ayla: The Daughter of War posterAyla: The Daughter of War2017 VS Beasts of No Nation posterBeasts of No Nation2015
Ayla: The Daughter of WarBeasts of No Nation
Audience score★ 8.0/10★ 7.6/10
Year20172015
Length2h 4m2h 17m
GenresDrama, History, WarDrama, War
Country––
DirectorCan UlkayCary Joji Fukunaga
Main castEric Roberts, Çetin Tekindor, Altan Erkekli, Taner Birsel, İsmail HacıoğluNana Mensah, Idris Elba, Jude Akuwudike, Abraham Attah, Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye

Synopsis

Ayla: The Daughter of War

In 1950, amidst the ravages of the Korean War, Sergeant Süleyman stumbles upon a a half-frozen little girl, with no parents and no help in sight and he risks his own life to save her, smuggling her into his army base and out of harm’s way.

Beasts of No Nation

Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of an unnamed, fictional West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination.

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