Black Box Diaries vs Bodyguard of Lies
Bodyguard of Lies has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.6/10 for Black Box Diaries). Bodyguard of Lies is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 43m. Black Box Diaries is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Black Box Diaries
Bodyguard of Lies| Black Box Diaries | Bodyguard of Lies | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 43m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | Japan | United States of America |
| Director | Shiori Ito | Dan Krauss |
| Main cast | Shiori Ito, Noriyuki Yamaguchi, Shinzo Abe | – |
Synopsis
Black Box Diaries
Journalist Shiori Ito embarks on a courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Her quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country’s outdated judicial and societal systems.
Bodyguard of Lies
Exposes the tangled web of deception spun by the U.S. government during its 20-year war in Afghanistan, revealing the campaign of lies and misinformation fed to the American public. Through shocking testimonies from government insiders, confidential documents, and private audio recordings of those at the highest levels of the military and elected leadership, this gripping documentary urges a reckoning with the wider implications of government…
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