I’m Glad You’re Dead Now vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.3/10 for I’m Glad You’re Dead Now). I’m Glad You’re Dead Now is the shorter watch at 13m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

I’m Glad You’re Dead Now posterI’m Glad You’re Dead Now2025 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
I’m Glad You’re Dead NowNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 5.3/10★ 10.0/10
Year20252012
Length13m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorTawfeek BarhomPolly Findlay
Main castTawfeek Barhom, Ashraf Barhom, Avrilios KarakostasAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

I’m Glad You’re Dead Now

Two brothers return to their childhood island, long-buried secrets force them to confront a dark past that binds them together.

National Theatre Live: Antigone

In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political…

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