My Octopus Teacher vs The Last Class
The Last Class has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.9/10 for My Octopus Teacher). The Last Class is the shorter watch at 1h 11m compared with 1h 25m. My Octopus Teacher is the older of the two (2020 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
My Octopus Teacher
The Last Class| My Octopus Teacher | The Last Class | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 25m | 1h 11m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | South Africa | – |
| Director | James Reed, Philippa Ehrlich | Elliot Kirschner |
| Main cast | Craig Foster, Tom Foster | Robert Reich |
Synopsis
My Octopus Teacher
After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for months on end he eventually wins the animal’s trust and they develop a never-before-seen bond between human and wild animal.
The Last Class
American political economist, professor, author, and social media sensation Robert Reich teaches his final "Wealth and Poverty" class to 1,000 students at UC Berkeley, ending a 40-year career that reached 40,000 students. One thousand fill the biggest lecture hall on the UC Berkeley campus, the last class to receive Reich's wisdom and exhortations not to accept that the world has to stay the way it is. His belief in the next generation's…
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