Fanon vs Hacksaw Ridge
Hacksaw Ridge has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.6/10 for Fanon). Fanon is the shorter watch at 2h 12m compared with 2h 19m. Hacksaw Ridge is the older of the two (2016 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Fanon
Hacksaw Ridge| Fanon | Hacksaw Ridge | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2016 |
| Length | 2h 12m | 2h 19m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Jean-Claude Barny | Mel Gibson |
| Main cast | Stanislas Merhar, Olivier Gourmet, Déborah François, Arthur Dupont, Salomé Partouche | Teresa Palmer, Vince Vaughn, Richard Roxburgh, Firass Dirani, Hugo Weaving |
Synopsis
Fanon
Frantz Fanon, a French psychiatrist from Martinique, has just been appointed head of department at the psychiatric hospital in Blida, Algeria. His methods contrast with those of the other doctors in a context of colonization. A biopic in the heart of the Algerian war where a fight is waged in the name of Humanity.
Hacksaw Ridge
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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