Lumumba vs Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.8/10 for Lumumba). Lumumba is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 3h 1m. Lumumba is the older of the two (2000 against 2023). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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LumumbaOppenheimer
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 8.1/10
Year20002023
Length1h 55m3h 1m
GenresDrama, HistoryDrama, History
Country––
DirectorRaoul PeckChristopher Nolan
Main castÉriq Ebouaney, Olivier Bony, Alex Descas, Théophile Sowié, Maka KottoEmily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Josh Hartnett, Rami Malek, Robert Downey Jr.

Synopsis

Lumumba

The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and director Raoul Peck renders an emotional and tautly woven account of the mail clerk and beer salesman with a flair for oratory and an uncompromising belief in the capacity of his homeland to build a…

Oppenheimer

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

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