Genius vs National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.5/10 for Genius). Genius is the shorter watch at 1h 44m compared with 2h 15m. Genius is the older of the two (2016 against 2023). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Genius
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies| Genius | National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 9.0/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 44m | 2h 15m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Comedy, Drama, History |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Michael Grandage | Jeremy Herrin |
| Main cast | Jude Law, Dominic West, Laura Linney, Nicole Kidman, Guy Pearce | Sam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus Lowe |
Synopsis
Genius
New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius.
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal. During a new nightly television format, they debate the moral landscape of a shattered nation.
Where to watch
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