Lover of the Last Empress vs National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies has the higher audience score (9/10 against 5.9/10 for Lover of the Last Empress). Lover of the Last Empress is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 15m. Lover of the Last Empress is the older of the two (1995 against 2023). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Lover of the Last Empress
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies| Lover of the Last Empress | National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.9/10 | ★ 9.0/10 |
| Year | 1995 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 2h 15m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Comedy, Drama, History |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Andrew Lau Wai-Keung | Jeremy Herrin |
| Main cast | Tony Leung Ka-fai, Yu Rongguang, Lau Shun, Chingmy Yau, Yvonne Yung Hung | Sam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus Lowe |
Synopsis
Lover of the Last Empress
The story of an innocent girl who is destined to become one of the emperor´s concubines. Initially she suffers from a loss of innocence and the intrigues of the other concubines but over the course of time she becomes less and less scrupulous and finally is impregnated by the emperor and thus becomes his wife - the empress of China. However, her "career" has corrupted her once innocent soul and so, after the emperor dies she rules the land with…
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
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