Michael Collins vs Son of Saul
Son of Saul has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6.9/10 for Michael Collins). Son of Saul is the shorter watch at 1h 47m compared with 2h 12m. Michael Collins is the older of the two (1996 against 2015). Both are drama, thriller, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Michael Collins
Son of Saul| Michael Collins | Son of Saul | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 1996 | 2015 |
| Length | 2h 12m | 1h 47m |
| Genres | Drama, History, Thriller, War | Drama, Thriller, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Neil Jordan | László Nemes |
| Main cast | Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Charles Dance, Ian Hart, Stephen Rea, Aidan Quinn | Urs Rechn, Marcin Czarnik, Mihály Kormos, Jerzy Walczak, Sándor Zsótér |
Synopsis
Michael Collins
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.
Son of Saul
In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son, seeking to give him a proper jewish burial.
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