Beirut vs Captain Phillips
Captain Phillips has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.3/10 for Beirut). Beirut is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 2h 14m. Captain Phillips is the older of the two (2013 against 2018). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Beirut
Captain Phillips| Beirut | Captain Phillips | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.3/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2013 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 2h 14m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Thriller | Action, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Brad Anderson | Paul Greengrass |
| Main cast | Dean Norris, Jon Hamm, Shea Whigham, Rosamund Pike, Mark Pellegrino | Tom Hanks, Max Martini, Chris Mulkey, Catherine Keener, Michael Chernus |
Synopsis
Beirut
In 1980s Beirut, Mason Skiles is a former U.S. diplomat who is called back into service to save a colleague from the group that is possibly responsible for his own family's death. Meanwhile, a CIA field agent who is working under cover at the American embassy is tasked with keeping Mason alive and ensuring that the mission is a success.
Captain Phillips
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
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