Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol vs Ex Machina

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.6/10 for Ex Machina). Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol is the shorter watch at 1h 2m compared with 1h 48m. Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol is the older of the two (2010 against 2015). Both are drama, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol posterDoctor Who: A Christmas Carol2010 VS Ex Machina posterEx Machina2015
Doctor Who: A Christmas CarolEx Machina
Audience score★ 7.9/10★ 7.6/10
Year20102015
Length1h 2m1h 48m
GenresDrama, Science FictionDrama, Science Fiction
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorToby HaynesAlex Garland
Main castLeo Bill, Matt Smith, Arthur Darvill, Michael Gambon, Karen GillanOscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno, Domhnall Gleeson, Corey Johnson, Alicia Vikander

Synopsis

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol

Amy Pond and Rory Williams are trapped on a crashing space liner, and the only way the Eleventh Doctor can rescue them is to save the soul of a lonely old miser. But is Kazran Sardick, the richest man in Sardicktown, beyond redemption? And what is lurking in the fogs of Christmas Eve?

Ex Machina

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.

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