Henry VIII and His Six Wives vs The Best of Youth

The Best of Youth has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 5.6/10 for Henry VIII and His Six Wives). Henry VIII and His Six Wives is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 6h 7m. Henry VIII and His Six Wives is the older of the two (1972 against 2003). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Henry VIII and His Six Wives posterHenry VIII and His Six Wives1972 VS The Best of Youth posterThe Best of Youth2003
Henry VIII and His Six WivesThe Best of Youth
Audience score★ 5.6/10★ 8.1/10
Year19722003
Length2h 5m6h 7m
GenresDrama, HistoryDrama, History, Romance
Country––
DirectorWaris HusseinMarco Tullio Giordana
Main castMichael Gough, Charlotte Rampling, Brian Blessed, Donald Pleasence, Frances CukaLuigi Lo Cascio, Jasmine Trinca, Andrea Tidona, Claudio Gioè, Riccardo Scamarcio

Synopsis

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.

The Best of Youth

After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades.

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