National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies vs Phantoms of July
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.9/10 for Phantoms of July). Phantoms of July is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 15m. National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies is the older of the two (2023 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
Phantoms of July| National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies | Phantoms of July | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h 15m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, History | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | United Kingdom | Germany |
| Director | Jeremy Herrin | Julian Radlmaier |
| Main cast | Sam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus Lowe | Andreas Döhler, Valerie Koch, Henriette Confurius, Paula Schindler, Ghazal Shojaei |
Synopsis
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal. During a new nightly television format, they debate the moral landscape of a shattered nation.
Phantoms of July
Ursula and Neda, an East German waitress with a broken heart and an Iranian YouTuber with a broken arm, both feel trapped and lonely in their precarious lives. One summer evening, Ursula falls for a mysterious musician from the city, while Neda is convinced that she recognized an old friend from Tehran in an equally enigmatic street sweeper. The winding paths of chance draw the two women together on an unexpected ghost hunt in the mountains...
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