Legends of the Fall vs The English Patient

Legends of the Fall has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 7.2/10 for The English Patient). Legends of the Fall is the shorter watch at 2h 13m compared with 2h 42m. Legends of the Fall is the older of the two (1994 against 1996). Both are drama, romance, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Legends of the Fall posterLegends of the Fall1994 VS The English Patient posterThe English Patient1996
Legends of the FallThe English Patient
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 7.2/10
Year19941996
Length2h 13m2h 42m
GenresAction, Drama, Romance, War, WesternDrama, Romance, War
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorEdward ZwickAnthony Minghella
Main castJulia Ormond, Anthony Hopkins, Henry Thomas, Aidan Quinn, Brad PittNaveen Andrews, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Jürgen Prochnow

Synopsis

Legends of the Fall

In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit family are bound by loyalty, tested by war, and torn apart by love, as told over the course of several decades in this epic saga.

The English Patient

In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.

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