National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies vs The Girl with the Needle
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.6/10 for The Girl with the Needle). The Girl with the Needle is the shorter watch at 2h 3m compared with 2h 15m. National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies is the older of the two (2023 against 2024). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
The Girl with the Needle| National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies | The Girl with the Needle | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h 15m | 2h 3m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Jeremy Herrin | Magnus von Horn |
| Main cast | Sam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus Lowe | Søren Sætter-Lassen, Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Joachim Fjelstrup, Besir Zeciri |
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 Girl with the Needle
Struggling to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen, a newly unemployed and pregnant young woman is taken in by a charismatic elder to help run an underground adoption agency. The two form an unexpected bond, until a sudden discovery changes everything.
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