Official Secrets vs Red Joan
Official Secrets has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.7/10 for Red Joan). Red Joan is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 1h 52m. Red Joan is the older of the two (2018 against 2019). Both are history, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Official Secrets
Red Joan| Official Secrets | Red Joan | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 52m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Drama, History, Thriller | History, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Gavin Hood | Trevor Nunn |
| Main cast | Shaun Dooley, Matt Smith, Keira Knightley, MyAnna Buring, Indira Varma | Ben Miles, Tom Hughes, Stephen Campbell Moore, Nina Sosanya, Judi Dench |
Synopsis
Official Secrets
The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.
Red Joan
London, England, May 2000. The peaceful life of elderly Joan Stanley is suddenly disrupted when she is arrested by the British Intelligence Service and accused of providing information to communist Russia during the forties.
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