McVeigh vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.8/10 for McVeigh). McVeigh is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

McVeigh posterMcVeigh2024 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
McVeighNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 5.8/10★ 10.0/10
Year20242012
Length1h 30m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorMike OttPolly Findlay
Main castAshley Benson, Brett Gelman, Anthony Carrigan, Tracy Letts, Alfie AllenAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

McVeigh

A haunting psychological thriller based on one of America's most infamous figures. After the Waco siege, a chilling plan brews in the mind of army veteran Timothy McVeigh. What follows are the harrowing real-life events of the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in American history.

National Theatre Live: Antigone

In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political…

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