Courage Under Fire vs The Good German

Courage Under Fire has the higher audience score (6.5/10 against 5.8/10 for The Good German). The Good German is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 1h 56m. Courage Under Fire is the older of the two (1996 against 2006). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Courage Under Fire posterCourage Under Fire1996 VS The Good German posterThe Good German2006
Courage Under FireThe Good German
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 5.8/10
Year19962006
Length1h 56m1h 48m
GenresDrama, Mystery, Thriller, WarDrama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, War
Country–United States of America
DirectorEdward ZwickSteven Soderbergh
Main castSeth Gilliam, Sean Patrick Thomas, Željko Ivanek, Lou Diamond Phillips, Denzel WashingtonLeland Orser, Cate Blanchett, George Clooney, Dave Power, Tobey Maguire

Synopsis

Courage Under Fire

A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...

The Good German

An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his investigation connects with his search for his married pre-war German lover.

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