National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies vs Waiting for the Barbarians
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies has the higher audience score (9/10 against 5.9/10 for Waiting for the Barbarians). Waiting for the Barbarians is the shorter watch at 1h 54m compared with 2h 15m. Waiting for the Barbarians is the older of the two (2019 against 2023). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
Waiting for the Barbarians| National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies | Waiting for the Barbarians | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 5.9/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2019 |
| Length | 2h 15m | 1h 54m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Jeremy Herrin | Ciro Guerra |
| Main cast | Sam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus Lowe | Sam Reid, Greta Scacchi, David Dencik, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson |
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.
Waiting for the Barbarians
At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.
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