Eleni vs Flood
Flood has the higher audience score (9/10 against 5.9/10 for Eleni). Flood is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 1h 54m. Eleni is the older of the two (1985 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Eleni
Flood| Eleni | Flood | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.9/10 | ★ 9.0/10 |
| Year | 1985 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Peter Yates | Martin Gonda |
| Main cast | John Malkovich, Glenne Headly, Ronald Pickup, Linda Hunt, Oliver Cotton | Sara Chripáková, Jozef Pantlikáš, Katarína Babejová, Vladimíra Štefániková, Michal Soltész |
Synopsis
Eleni
Nick is a writer in New York when he gets posted to a bureau in Greece. He has waited 30 years for this. He wants to know why his mother was killed in the civil war years earlier. In a parallel plot line we see Nick as a young boy and his family as they struggle to survive in the occupied Greek hillside. The plot lines converge as Nick's investigations bring him closer to the answers.
Flood
In communist Czechoslovakia in 1980, Mara dreams of leaving her village to study in the city and become a pilot. But her father, a widowed Ruthenian farmer, insists she stay and work the land. When her village faces destruction due to a new dam, their generational conflict intensifies, revealing the struggle between tradition, identity, and the desire for freedom in a context of historical change.