Flood vs NYAD
Flood has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.1/10 for NYAD). Flood is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h 1m. NYAD is the older of the two (2023 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Flood
NYAD| Flood | NYAD | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 2h 1m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Martin Gonda | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin |
| Main cast | Sara Chripáková, Jozef Pantlikáš, Katarína Babejová, Vladimíra Štefániková, Michal Soltész | Rhys Ifans, Jodie Foster, Luke Cosgrove, Annette Bening, Ethan Jones Romero |
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.
NYAD
Athlete Diana Nyad sets out at 60 to achieve a nearly impossible lifelong dream: to swim from Cuba to Florida across more than 100 miles of open ocean.