Braveheart vs Emperor

Braveheart has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.1/10 for Emperor). Emperor is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 2h 57m. Braveheart is the older of the two (1995 against 2012). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Braveheart posterBraveheart1995 VS Emperor posterEmperor2012
BraveheartEmperor
Audience score★ 7.9/10★ 6.1/10
Year19952012
Length2h 57m1h 45m
GenresAction, Drama, History, WarDrama, History, War
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorMel GibsonPeter Webber
Main castMel Gibson, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine McCormack, Sean McGinley, Sophie MarceauMatthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune, Masayoshi Haneda, Kaori Momoi

Synopsis

Braveheart

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.

Emperor

As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.

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