Flood vs Niki
Flood has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.2/10 for Niki). Niki is the shorter watch at 1h 38m compared with 1h 42m. Niki is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Flood
Niki| Flood | Niki | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 6.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 1h 38m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Martin Gonda | Céline Sallette |
| Main cast | Sara Chripáková, Jozef Pantlikáš, Katarína Babejová, Vladimíra Štefániková, Michal Soltész | John Robinson, Charlotte Le Bon, Damien Bonnard, Virgile Bramly, Judith Chemla |
Synopsis
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.
Niki
French-American artist Niki de Saint-Phalle, from the age of 23, is a model and an aspiring actor who is married and has a two year old daughter. Together, they flee the U.S. during the oppressive McCarthy era and come to France, where they experience a short-lived euphoria. Soon, distant and frightening memories begin to emerge in Niki’s mind. Her vocation as an artist will be her salvation.