National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Off Rip

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6/10 for Off Rip). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012 VS Off Rip posterOff Rip2025
National Theatre Live: AntigoneOff Rip
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 6.0/10
Year20122025
Length1h 32m–
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorPolly FindlayJadon Cal
Main castAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie WhittakerAbi Van Andel, Jadon Cal, Meghan Carrasquillo, Nick McCallum, David Hamzik

Synopsis

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…

Off Rip

A young skim-boarder supporting his single mother fights against all odds to become the man his family has never known but has always needed, pushing through trials within friendships, the drug scene, relationships, and competition.

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