Emperor vs Hotel Rwanda
Hotel Rwanda has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.1/10 for Emperor). Emperor is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 2h 1m. Hotel Rwanda is the older of the two (2004 against 2012). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Emperor
Hotel Rwanda| Emperor | Hotel Rwanda | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.1/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2004 |
| Length | 1h 45m | 2h 1m |
| Genres | Drama, History, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Peter Webber | Terry George |
| Main cast | Matthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune, Masayoshi Haneda, Kaori Momoi | Don Cheadle, Joaquin Phoenix, Cara Seymour, Nick Nolte, David O'Hara |
Synopsis
Emperor
As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.
Hotel Rwanda
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
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