Judas and the Black Messiah vs National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies

National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.3/10 for Judas and the Black Messiah). Judas and the Black Messiah is the shorter watch at 2h 6m compared with 2h 15m. Judas and the Black Messiah is the older of the two (2021 against 2023). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Judas and the Black Messiah posterJudas and the Black Messiah2021 VS National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies posterNational Theatre Live: Best of Enemies2023
Judas and the Black MessiahNational Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 9.0/10
Year20212023
Length2h 6m2h 15m
GenresDrama, HistoryComedy, Drama, History
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorShaka KingJeremy Herrin
Main castLaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Thorne, Daniel Kaluuya, Dominique FishbackSam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus Lowe

Synopsis

Judas and the Black Messiah

Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.

National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies

In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal. During a new nightly television format, they debate the moral landscape of a shattered nation.

Where to watch

Where to watch Judas and the Black MessiahWhere to watch National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies

More like Judas and the Black Messiah · More like National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies · Compare other titles