Eddie the Eagle vs National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies

National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.2/10 for Eddie the Eagle). Eddie the Eagle is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 2h 15m. Eddie the Eagle is the older of the two (2016 against 2023). Both are comedy, drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Eddie the Eagle posterEddie the Eagle2016 VS National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies posterNational Theatre Live: Best of Enemies2023
Eddie the EagleNational Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 9.0/10
Year20162023
Length1h 46m2h 15m
GenresAdventure, Comedy, Drama, HistoryComedy, Drama, History
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorDexter FletcherJeremy Herrin
Main castMark Benton, Tim McInnerny, Christopher Walken, Taron Egerton, Hugh JackmanSam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus Lowe

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.

National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies

In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal. During a new nightly television format, they debate the moral landscape of a shattered nation.

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