National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies vs The Bang Bang Club
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.6/10 for The Bang Bang Club). The Bang Bang Club is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 2h 15m. The Bang Bang Club is the older of the two (2011 against 2023). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
The Bang Bang Club| National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies | The Bang Bang Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2011 |
| Length | 2h 15m | 1h 46m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Jeremy Herrin | Steven Silver |
| Main cast | Sam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus Lowe | Ryan Phillippe, Taylor Kitsch, Malin Åkerman, Patrick Lyster, Frank Rautenbach |
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.
The Bang Bang Club
In the early to mid '90s, when the South African system of apartheid was in its death throes, four photographers - Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and João Silva - bonded by their friendship and a sense of purpose, worked together to chronicle the violence and upheaval leading up to the 1994 election of Nelson Mandela as president. Their work is risky and dangerous, potentially fatally so, as they thrust themselves into the…
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