Enemy at the Gates vs The English Patient

Enemy at the Gates has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 7.2/10 for The English Patient). Enemy at the Gates is the shorter watch at 2h 11m compared with 2h 42m. The English Patient is the older of the two (1996 against 2001). Both are drama, romance, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Enemy at the Gates posterEnemy at the Gates2001 VS The English Patient posterThe English Patient1996
Enemy at the GatesThe English Patient
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 7.2/10
Year20011996
Length2h 11m2h 42m
GenresDrama, History, Romance, WarDrama, Romance, War
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudAnthony Minghella
Main castJude Law, Ed Harris, Ron Perlman, Gennadi Vengerov, Rachel WeiszNaveen Andrews, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Jürgen Prochnow

Synopsis

Enemy at the Gates

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.

The English Patient

In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.

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