Kundun vs Schindler's List

Schindler's List has the higher audience score (8.6/10 against 6.8/10 for Kundun). Kundun is the shorter watch at 2h 14m compared with 3h 15m. Schindler's List is the older of the two (1993 against 1997). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Kundun posterKundun1997 VS Schindler's List posterSchindler's List1993
KundunSchindler's List
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 8.6/10
Year19971993
Length2h 14m3h 15m
GenresDrama, HistoryDrama, History, War
Country–United States of America
DirectorMartin ScorseseSteven Spielberg
Main castTenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Tencho Gyalpo, Tsewang Migyur Khangsar, Gyurme Tethong, Robert LinCaroline Goodall, Mark Ivanir, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley

Synopsis

Kundun

The Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as 'Kundun', which means 'The Presence'. He was forced to escape from his native home, Tibet, when communist China invaded and enforced an oppressive regime upon the peaceful nation. The Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 and has been living in exile in Dharamsala ever since.

Schindler's List

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

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