Bodyguard of Lies vs Icarus
Bodyguard of Lies has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.7/10 for Icarus). Bodyguard of Lies is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 1m. Icarus is the older of the two (2017 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bodyguard of Lies
Icarus| Bodyguard of Lies | Icarus | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 2h 1m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Dan Krauss | Bryan Fogel |
| Main cast | – | Bryan Fogel, Dave Zabriskie, Don Catlin, Grigory Rodchenkov, Scott Brandt |
Synopsis
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…
Icarus
While investigating the furtive world of illegal doping in sports, director Bryan Fogel connects with renegade Russian scientist Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov—a pillar of his country’s “anti-doping” program. Over dozens of Skype calls, urine samples, and badly administered hormone injections, Fogel and Rodchenkov grow closer despite shocking allegations that place Rodchenkov at the center of Russia’s state-sponsored Olympic doping program.
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