Downfall vs Full Metal Jacket
Full Metal Jacket has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.9/10 for Downfall). Full Metal Jacket is the shorter watch at 1h 57m compared with 2h 35m. Full Metal Jacket is the older of the two (1987 against 2004). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Downfall
Full Metal Jacket| Downfall | Full Metal Jacket | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 1987 |
| Length | 2h 35m | 1h 57m |
| Genres | Drama, History, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stanley Kubrick |
| Main cast | Thomas Kretschmann, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, Rolf Kanies, Christian Berkel | Adam Baldwin, Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Ross |
Synopsis
Downfall
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to…
Full Metal Jacket
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
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