Hotel Rwanda vs The Commander
Hotel Rwanda has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 7/10 for The Commander). The Commander is the shorter watch at 2h compared with 2h 1m. Hotel Rwanda is the older of the two (2004 against 2023). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hotel Rwanda
The Commander| Hotel Rwanda | The Commander | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2023 |
| Length | 2h 1m | 2h |
| Genres | Drama, History, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Terry George | Edoardo De Angelis |
| Main cast | Don Cheadle, Joaquin Phoenix, Cara Seymour, Nick Nolte, David O'Hara | Arturo Muselli, Pierfrancesco Favino, Massimiliano Rossi, Gianluca Di Gennaro, Paolo Bonacelli |
Synopsis
Hotel Rwanda
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
The Commander
One dark night during the early phases of WWII, the Italian Royal Navy submarine Cappellini sinks an armed merchant ship sailing with lights out. At that moment, its commander Salvatore Todaro makes a decision that was destined to go down in history: to save the 26 shipwrecked Belgians who otherwise would have drowned in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and disembark them at the nearest safe harbor. To make room for them on board his submarine…
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