Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd vs Commuted

Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd has the higher audience score (10/10 against 1/10 for Commuted). Commuted is the shorter watch at 1h 22m compared with 1h 29m. Commuted is the older of the two (2023 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Backlash: The Murder of George FloydCommuted
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 1.0/10
Year20252023
Length1h 29m1h 22m
GenresCrime, DocumentaryDocumentary
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorKwabena OppongNailah Jefferson
Main cast–Danielle Metz

Synopsis

Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd

Five years since the murder of George Floyd – the police killing that set America on fire with rage and sparked a wave of protests around the world, director Kwabena Oppong's film explores one of the most important and defining events in modern history. Featuring ground-breaking interviews with members of George Floyd’s family, the Minneapolis Police Chief who took the bold step of testifying against one of his own officers, Boris Johnson’s…

Commuted

When Danielle Metz’s triple life sentence was commuted, she got a rare chance to regain the life and family that she’d been dreaming about in prison. But back home in New Orleans, she steps into a different reality. Commuted traces Danielle’s journey to find purpose and love, and to confront the wounds of incarceration that linger after release from prison.

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