National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies vs The Megalomaniacs
The Megalomaniacs is the shorter watch at 1h 45m 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
The Megalomaniacs| National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies | The Megalomaniacs | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 0.0/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h 15m | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, History | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Jeremy Herrin | Spiros Stathoulopoulos |
| Main cast | Sam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus Lowe | Angeliki Papoulia, Jan Bijvoet, Hristos Passalis, Vasilis Magouliotis |
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 Megalomaniacs
What happens when desire, intellect, and ego collide under the guise of art and science? Sparks fly – and not just the cerebral kind. Sophia, a fervent archaeologist intoxicated by her own theory, is convinced that ancient amphorae can trap echoes of the past – sound waves sealed in clay, waiting to be played back like forbidden music. Enter Potter, a sardonic artisan whose hands speak the language of form, but not of faith. Their collaboration…
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