Burn After Reading vs National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies

National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.7/10 for Burn After Reading). Burn After Reading is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 2h 15m. Burn After Reading is the older of the two (2008 against 2023). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Burn After Reading posterBurn After Reading2008 VS National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies posterNational Theatre Live: Best of Enemies2023
Burn After ReadingNational Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
Audience score★ 6.7/10★ 9.0/10
Year20082023
Length1h 36m2h 15m
GenresComedy, DramaComedy, Drama, History
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorEthan Coen, Joel CoenJeremy Herrin
Main castElizabeth Marvel, Richard Jenkins, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, J.R. HorneSam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus Lowe

Synopsis

Burn After Reading

When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of gym employees, Linda and Chad, they see a chance to make enough money for Linda to have life-changing cosmetic surgery. Predictably, events whirl out of control for the duo, and those in their orbit.

National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies

In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal. During a new nightly television format, they debate the moral landscape of a shattered nation.

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