Inglourious Basterds vs The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Inglourious Basterds has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.4/10 for The Wind That Shakes the Barley). The Wind That Shakes the Barley is the shorter watch at 2h 7m compared with 2h 33m. The Wind That Shakes the Barley is the older of the two (2006 against 2009). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Inglourious Basterds posterInglourious Basterds2009 VS The Wind That Shakes the Barley posterThe Wind That Shakes the Barley2006
Inglourious BasterdsThe Wind That Shakes the Barley
Audience score★ 8.2/10★ 7.4/10
Year20092006
Length2h 33m2h 7m
GenresDrama, Thriller, WarDrama, War
Country––
DirectorQuentin TarantinoKen Loach
Main castMichael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Denis Ménochet, Christoph WaltzLiam Cunningham, Cillian Murphy, Aidan O'Hare, Pádraic Delaney, Orla Fitzgerald

Synopsis

Inglourious Basterds

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.

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