Flood vs Shirley
Flood has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.9/10 for Shirley). Flood is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 1h 57m. Shirley is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Flood
Shirley| Flood | Shirley | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 1h 57m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Martin Gonda | John Ridley |
| Main cast | Sara Chripáková, Jozef Pantlikáš, Katarína Babejová, Vladimíra Štefániková, Michal Soltész | W. Earl Brown, Terrence Howard, Dorian Missick, Amirah Vann, Lucas Hedges |
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.
Shirley
Shirley Chisholm makes a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress.