Lumumba vs Young Washington

Young Washington has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.8/10 for Lumumba). Lumumba is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 2h 2m. Lumumba is the older of the two (2000 against 2026). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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LumumbaYoung Washington
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 8.2/10
Year20002026
Length1h 55m2h 2m
GenresDrama, HistoryDrama, History, War
Country–United States of America
DirectorRaoul PeckJon Erwin
Main castÉriq Ebouaney, Olivier Bony, Alex Descas, Théophile Sowié, Maka KottoMia Rodgers, Mary-Louise Parker, Ben Kingsley, Andy Serkis, Kelsey Grammer

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…

Young Washington

Before he led a nation, George Washington was a young soldier thrown into a global conflict. With alliances crumbling and war closing in, he must choose who to trust and confront the leader he's becoming.

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