Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers vs Yalla Habibi!
Yalla Habibi! has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers). Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers is the shorter watch at 51m compared with 1h 30m. Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers is the older of the two (1980 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
Yalla Habibi!| Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers | Yalla Habibi! | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1980 | 2025 |
| Length | 51m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | Canada |
| Director | Les Blank | Edwin El Bainou, Ryan Kluftinger |
| Main cast | Michael Goodwin, Werner Herzog, Alice Waters, Harrod Blank, Christopher Pray | Ryan Kluftinger, Connor Bondlow, Edwin El Bainou |
Synopsis
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
A zesty paean of praise to the greater glories of garlic. This lip-smacking foray into the history, consumption, cultivation and culinary/curative powers of the stinking rose features chef Alice Waters of Chez Panisse, and a flavorful musical soundtrack. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.
Yalla Habibi!
FortNine attempts to break the circumnavigation world record with award-winning filmmaker Edwin El Bainou riding pillion. It's a dangerously silly race across thousands of kilometres per day, with the polished and authentic eye that only a ride-along cinematographer can capture. Part documentary and part dark comedy, this is motorcycling as FortNine has never shown before. In less than 19 days, the trio must ride from Anchorage to Miami, Lisbon…
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