Blackmail vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

Blackmail and National Theatre Live: Antigone are tied on audience score (10/10). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 1m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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BlackmailNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20252012
Length2h 1m1h 32m
GenresDrama, Romance, ThrillerDrama
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorMu. MaranPolly Findlay
Main castRedin Kingsley, Ramesh Thilak, Muthukumar, Srikanth, Teju AshwiniAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Blackmail

Trapped in escalating blackmail, Mani faces mounting danger as crime, passion, and greed intertwine, exposing hidden truths and changing allegiances throughout his ordeal.

National Theatre Live: Antigone

In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political…

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