Dunkirk vs The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 7.4/10 for Dunkirk). Dunkirk is the shorter watch at 1h 47m compared with 2h 34m. The Last Samurai is the older of the two (2003 against 2017). Both are action, drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dunkirk
The Last Samurai| Dunkirk | The Last Samurai | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2017 | 2003 |
| Length | 1h 47m | 2h 34m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, War | Action, Drama, War |
| Country | United Kingdom | United States of America |
| Director | Christopher Nolan | Edward Zwick |
| Main cast | Tom Hardy, Aneurin Barnard, Cillian Murphy, Luke Thompson, Kenneth Branagh | Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, Timothy Spall, Tom Cruise, William Atherton |
Synopsis
Dunkirk
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
The Last Samurai
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.
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