National Theatre Live: The Audience vs The Smashing Machine

National Theatre Live: The Audience has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.8/10 for The Smashing Machine). The Smashing Machine is the shorter watch at 2h 3m compared with 2h 22m. National Theatre Live: The Audience is the older of the two (2013 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

National Theatre Live: The Audience posterNational Theatre Live: The Audience2013 VS The Smashing Machine posterThe Smashing Machine2025
National Theatre Live: The AudienceThe Smashing Machine
Audience score★ 8.3/10★ 6.8/10
Year20132025
Length2h 22m2h 3m
GenresDrama, HistoryDrama, History
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorRobin LoughBenny Safdie
Main castPaul Ritter, Helen Mirren, Geoffrey Beevers, Edward Fox, Nell WilliamsEmily Blunt, Dwayne Johnson, Bas Rutten, Randi Lynne, Andre Tricoteux

Synopsis

National Theatre Live: The Audience

For sixty years, Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace, a meeting like no other in British public life, it is private.

The Smashing Machine

In the late 1990s, up-and-coming mixed martial artist Mark Kerr aspires to become the greatest fighter in the world. However, he must also battle his opiod dependence and a volatile relationship with his girlfriend Dawn.

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