Green Book vs Waiting for the Barbarians
Green Book has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 5.9/10 for Waiting for the Barbarians). Waiting for the Barbarians is the shorter watch at 1h 54m compared with 2h 10m. Green Book is the older of the two (2018 against 2019). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Green Book
Waiting for the Barbarians| Green Book | Waiting for the Barbarians | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 5.9/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2019 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 1h 54m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Peter Farrelly | Ciro Guerra |
| Main cast | Sebastian Maniscalco, Viggo Mortensen, P.J. Byrne, Mahershala Ali, Joe Cortese | Sam Reid, Greta Scacchi, David Dencik, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson |
Synopsis
Green Book
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
Waiting for the Barbarians
At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.
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