Men of Honor vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Men of Honor). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 9m. Men of Honor is the older of the two (2000 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Men of Honor posterMen of Honor2000 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
Men of HonorNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 10.0/10
Year20002012
Length2h 9m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorGeorge Tillman Jr.Polly Findlay
Main castDulé Hill, Holt McCallany, David Conrad, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Robert De NiroAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Men of Honor

Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his sights on becoming the Navy's first African-American master diver in this uplifting true story. Their relationship starts out on the rocks, but fate ultimately conspires to bring the men together into a setting of mutual respect, triumph and honor.

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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