National Theatre Live: The Other Place vs Origin

Origin has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.8/10 for National Theatre Live: The Other Place). Origin is the shorter watch at 5m compared with 1h 30m. Origin is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

National Theatre Live: The Other Place posterNational Theatre Live: The Other Place2025 VS Origin posterOrigin2024
National Theatre Live: The Other PlaceOrigin
Audience score★ 5.8/10★ 10.0/10
Year20252024
Length1h 30m5m
GenresDramaDrama, Horror
Country–GB
DirectorAlexander ZeldinJoby Stephens
Main castTobias Menzies, Nina Sosanya, Lee Braithwaite, Alison Oliver, Emma D'ArcyImmy Taylor, Emma Hutchings

Synopsis

National Theatre Live: The Other Place

Two sisters reunite on the anniversary of the death of their father. Their uncle has remodelled their family home, in an attempt at a fresh start. But one sister's sudden reappearance threatens to shatter this fragile idyll as she demands justice for the pain she carries. Amid the debris and the new extension, guilt, grief and greed battle it out in the family's competing dreams of their future. When we are faced with the suffering of others…

Origin

1896. Left behind in the family manor, young Mary plays hide and seek with the servant, Beth. But as the game unfolds, she realises Beth isn’t the only one searching for her… Something else is lurking in the dark. And it’s ready to play.

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