Balloon vs The Red Sea Diving Resort

Balloon has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.8/10 for The Red Sea Diving Resort). Balloon is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 2h 10m. Balloon is the older of the two (2018 against 2019). Both are drama, history, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Balloon posterBalloon2018 VS The Red Sea Diving Resort posterThe Red Sea Diving Resort2019
BalloonThe Red Sea Diving Resort
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 6.8/10
Year20182019
Length2h 5m2h 10m
GenresDrama, History, ThrillerDrama, History, Thriller
CountryFrance–
DirectorMichael HerbigGideon Raff
Main castEmily Kusche, Thomas Kretschmann, David Kross, Sebastian Hülk, Alicia von RittbergMichael Kenneth Williams, Greg Kinnear, Michiel Huisman, Alex Hassell, Mark Ivanir

Synopsis

Balloon

Two families attempt a daredevil plan to escape the GDR with a homemade hot air balloon, but it crashes just before the border. The Stasi finds traces of this attempt to escape and immediately starts investigations, while the two families are forced to build a new escape balloon. With each passing day the Stasi is closer on their heels – a nerve-wracking race against time begins.

The Red Sea Diving Resort

Sudan, East Africa, 1980. A team of Israeli Mossad agents plans to rescue and transfer thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel. To do so, and to avoid raising suspicions from the inquisitive and ruthless authorities, they establish as a cover a fake diving resort by the Red Sea.

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