I Swear vs National Theatre Live: The Audience

National Theatre Live: The Audience has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 7.6/10 for I Swear). I Swear is the shorter watch at 2h compared with 2h 22m. National Theatre Live: The Audience is the older of the two (2013 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

I Swear posterI Swear2025 VS National Theatre Live: The Audience posterNational Theatre Live: The Audience2013
I SwearNational Theatre Live: The Audience
Audience score★ 7.6/10★ 8.3/10
Year20252013
Length2h 2h 22m
GenresDrama, HistoryDrama, History
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorKirk JonesRobin Lough
Main castPeter Mullan, Robert Aramayo, Maxine Peake, Shirley Henderson, Ron DonachiePaul Ritter, Helen Mirren, Geoffrey Beevers, Edward Fox, Nell Williams

Synopsis

I Swear

Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at 15, John Davidson navigates his way against the odds through troubled teenage years and into adulthood, finding inspiration in the kindness of others to discover his true purpose in life.

National Theatre Live: The Audience

For sixty years, Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace, a meeting like no other in British public life, it is private.

Where to watch

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