Les Misérables vs Never Look Away

Never Look Away has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.2/10 for Les Misérables). Les Misérables is the shorter watch at 2h 14m compared with 3h 9m. Les Misérables is the older of the two (1998 against 2018). Both are drama, history, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Les Misérables posterLes Misérables1998 VS Never Look Away posterNever Look Away2018
Les MisérablesNever Look Away
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 7.8/10
Year19982018
Length2h 14m3h 9m
GenresCrime, Drama, History, RomanceDrama, History, Romance
Country––
DirectorBille AugustFlorian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Main castLennie James, Claire Danes, Uma Thurman, Geoffrey Rush, Liam NeesonTom Schilling, Oliver Masucci, Sebastian Koch, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Hanno Koffler

Synopsis

Les Misérables

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

Never Look Away

German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR regime.

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