Behind Enemy Lines vs The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.4/10 for Behind Enemy Lines). Behind Enemy Lines is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 2h 32m. Behind Enemy Lines is the older of the two (2001 against 2008). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Behind Enemy Lines posterBehind Enemy Lines2001 VS The Dark Knight posterThe Dark Knight2008
Behind Enemy LinesThe Dark Knight
Audience score★ 6.4/10★ 8.5/10
Year20012008
Length1h 46m2h 32m
GenresAction, Drama, Thriller, WarAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorJohn MooreChristopher Nolan
Main castGeoff Pierson, Owen Wilson, Gabriel Macht, David Keith, Gene HackmanNestor Carbonell, Aaron Eckhart, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Cillian Murphy, Anthony Michael Hall

Synopsis

Behind Enemy Lines

While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Lt. Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With time running out and a deadly tracker on his trail, Burnett's commanding officer, Admiral Reigart, decides to risk his career and launch a renegade rescue mission to save his life.

The Dark Knight

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

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