Balloon vs Thirteen Days
Balloon has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 7/10 for Thirteen Days). Balloon is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 2h 25m. Thirteen Days is the older of the two (2000 against 2018). Both are history, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Balloon
Thirteen Days| Balloon | Thirteen Days | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2000 |
| Length | 2h 5m | 2h 25m |
| Genres | Drama, History, Thriller | History, Thriller |
| Country | France | – |
| Director | Michael Herbig | Roger Donaldson |
| Main cast | Emily Kusche, Thomas Kretschmann, David Kross, Sebastian Hülk, Alicia von Rittberg | Len Cariou, Bruce Greenwood, Kevin Costner, Steven Culp, Dylan Baker |
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.
Thirteen Days
The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.
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