Flood vs Race
Flood has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.3/10 for Race). Flood is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h 14m. Race is the older of the two (2016 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Flood
Race| Flood | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 2h 14m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Martin Gonda | Stephen Hopkins |
| Main cast | Sara Chripáková, Jozef Pantlikáš, Katarína Babejová, Vladimíra Štefániková, Michal Soltész | Jason Sudeikis, Amanda Crew, Chantel Riley, William Hurt, Jeremy Irons |
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.
Race
Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.