Shadows of Paradise vs The Last Class

The Last Class has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4.5/10 for Shadows of Paradise). The Last Class is the shorter watch at 1h 11m compared with 1h 28m. Shadows of Paradise is the older of the two (2016 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Shadows of ParadiseThe Last Class
Audience score★ 4.5/10★ 10.0/10
Year20162025
Length1h 28m1h 11m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country––
DirectorSebastian LangeElliot Kirschner
Main castDavid LynchRobert Reich

Synopsis

Shadows of Paradise

Since the death of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in February 2008, long-time practitioner of Transcendental Meditation and well-known film director David Lynch has been embraced as the movement’s chief international ambassador. Filmmaker Sebastian Lange, who himself was raised in the movement, presents an intimate look at this new phase in the movement’s evolution.

The Last Class

American political economist, professor, author, and social media sensation Robert Reich teaches his final "Wealth and Poverty" class to 1,000 students at UC Berkeley, ending a 40-year career that reached 40,000 students. One thousand fill the biggest lecture hall on the UC Berkeley campus, the last class to receive Reich's wisdom and exhortations not to accept that the world has to stay the way it is. His belief in the next generation's…

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