Flags of Our Fathers vs Hacksaw Ridge
Hacksaw Ridge has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.9/10 for Flags of Our Fathers). Flags of Our Fathers is the shorter watch at 2h 15m compared with 2h 19m. Flags of Our Fathers is the older of the two (2006 against 2016). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Flags of Our Fathers
Hacksaw Ridge| Flags of Our Fathers | Hacksaw Ridge | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2006 | 2016 |
| Length | 2h 15m | 2h 19m |
| Genres | Drama, History, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Clint Eastwood | Mel Gibson |
| Main cast | Chris Bauer, Robert Patrick, Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Neal McDonough | Teresa Palmer, Vince Vaughn, Richard Roxburgh, Firass Dirani, Hugo Weaving |
Synopsis
Flags of Our Fathers
There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.
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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