Eddie the Eagle vs Kon-Tiki

Eddie the Eagle has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.9/10 for Kon-Tiki). Eddie the Eagle is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 1h 58m. Kon-Tiki is the older of the two (2012 against 2016). Both are adventure, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Eddie the Eagle posterEddie the Eagle2016 VS Kon-Tiki posterKon-Tiki2012
Eddie the EagleKon-Tiki
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 6.9/10
Year20162012
Length1h 46m1h 58m
GenresAdventure, Comedy, Drama, HistoryAdventure, History
Country––
DirectorDexter FletcherEspen Sandberg, Joachim Rønning
Main castMark Benton, Tim McInnerny, Christopher Walken, Taron Egerton, Hugh JackmanIan Bonar, Peter Wight, Jo Adrian Haavind, Pål Sverre Hagen, Tobias Santelmann

Synopsis

Eddie the Eagle

The feel-good story of Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself—even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach, Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.

Kon-Tiki

The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.

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