Chernobyl: 48 Hours To Escape vs Side by Side

Chernobyl: 48 Hours To Escape has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for Side by Side). Chernobyl: 48 Hours To Escape is the shorter watch at 1h 8m compared with 1h 39m. Side by Side is the older of the two (2012 against 2026). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Chernobyl: 48 Hours To Escape posterChernobyl: 48 Hours To Escape2026 VS Side by Side posterSide by Side2012
Chernobyl: 48 Hours To EscapeSide by Side
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 7.2/10
Year20262012
Length1h 8m1h 39m
GenresDocumentary, History, TV MovieDocumentary
CountryUnited KingdomUnited States of America
DirectorLuke WalesChristopher Kenneally
Main castRalph InesonKeanu Reeves, Robert Rodriguez, Greta Gerwig, Martin Scorsese, Richard Linklater

Synopsis

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.

Side by Side

Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Keanu Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George…

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