Goodbye Bafana vs Hidden Figures

Hidden Figures has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.8/10 for Goodbye Bafana). Goodbye Bafana is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 2h 7m. Goodbye Bafana is the older of the two (2007 against 2016). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Goodbye Bafana posterGoodbye Bafana2007 VS Hidden Figures posterHidden Figures2016
Goodbye BafanaHidden Figures
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 8.1/10
Year20072016
Length1h 55m2h 7m
GenresDrama, HistoryDrama, History
CountryBelgium–
DirectorBille AugustTheodore Melfi
Main castDennis Haysbert, Diane Kruger, Joseph Fiennes, Tyrone Keogh, Terry PhetoJim Parsons, Aldis Hodge, Taraji P. Henson, Saniyya Sidney, Kevin Costner

Synopsis

Goodbye Bafana

The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.

Hidden Figures

The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

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