Broken Mary: The Kevin Matthews Story vs Chernobyl: 48 Hours To Escape

Chernobyl: 48 Hours To Escape has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Broken Mary: The Kevin Matthews Story). Chernobyl: 48 Hours To Escape is the shorter watch at 1h 8m compared with 1h 35m. Broken Mary: The Kevin Matthews Story is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Broken Mary: The Kevin Matthews StoryChernobyl: 48 Hours To Escape
Audience score★ 7.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20252026
Length1h 35m1h 8m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary, History, TV Movie
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorJonathan CipitiLuke Wales
Main castKevin Matthews, Mancow MullerRalph Ineson

Synopsis

Broken Mary: The Kevin Matthews Story

It’s Chicago in the 1980s and ‘90s, and Kevin Matthews has it all as one of the nation’s most recognized on-air radio personalities. He’s partying with celebrities, rubbing shoulders with famous athletes, and the world is at his fingertips. Then everything changes – he’s diagnosed with a debilitating illness and the spotlight gradually slips away. At the height of his anguish, he stumbles upon a broken statue of the Virgin Mary, and his life…

Chernobyl: 48 Hours To Escape

Witnesses, survivors and front-line heroes recall the first days of the Chernobyl disaster of April 1986. Featuring rare archive footage of the world's worst ever nuclear accident.

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