Darkest Hour vs Hidden Figures

Hidden Figures has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.4/10 for Darkest Hour). Darkest Hour is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 2h 7m. Hidden Figures is the older of the two (2016 against 2017). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Darkest Hour posterDarkest Hour2017 VS Hidden Figures posterHidden Figures2016
Darkest HourHidden Figures
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 8.1/10
Year20172016
Length2h 5m2h 7m
GenresDrama, HistoryDrama, History
Country––
DirectorJoe WrightTheodore Melfi
Main castBen Mendelsohn, Adrian Rawlins, Joe Armstrong, Benjamin Whitrow, David SchofieldJim Parsons, Aldis Hodge, Taraji P. Henson, Saniyya Sidney, Kevin Costner

Synopsis

Darkest Hour

In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.

Hidden Figures

The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

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