Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd vs Widow's Walk

Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.7/10 for Widow's Walk). Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 42m. Widow's Walk is the older of the two (1987 against 2025). Both are crime movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd posterBacklash: The Murder of George Floyd2025 VS Widow's Walk posterWidow's Walk1987
Backlash: The Murder of George FloydWidow's Walk
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 5.7/10
Year20251987
Length1h 29m1h 42m
GenresCrime, DocumentaryCrime
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorKwabena OppongPierre Granier-Deferre
Main cast–Marie Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Philippe Noiret, Catherine Hiegel, Laura Betti

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…

Widow's Walk

Molinat is assigned to the case of a man found with a bullet in his ear on the shore of a little Atlantic coast resort he knows well. Indeed, he used to live there before his wife disappeared at sea, never to be found again. As the ocean rejects a new corpse everyday, the mystery thickens and the list of potential suspects grows longer. This slows Molinat's progress as much as the cumbersome Leroyer, sent in to spy on him and hopefully impede…

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