Flood vs Silence
Flood has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.1/10 for Silence). Flood is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h 41m. Silence is the older of the two (2016 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Flood
Silence| Flood | Silence | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 2h 41m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Martin Gonda | Martin Scorsese |
| Main cast | Sara Chripáková, Jozef Pantlikáš, Katarína Babejová, Vladimíra Štefániková, Michal Soltész | Tadanobu Asano, Yoshi Oida, Liam Neeson, Issey Ogata, Shinya Tsukamoto |
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.
Silence
In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.