The Balloonists vs The Last Class
The Last Class has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8.5/10 for The Balloonists). The Last Class is the shorter watch at 1h 11m compared with 1h 26m. Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| The Balloonists | The Last Class | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 26m | 1h 11m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | John Dower | Elliot Kirschner |
| Main cast | Bertrand Piccard | Robert Reich |
Synopsis
The Balloonists
Follows the improbable team of Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, who, in 1999, competed against the world's finest pilots and extremely wealthy adventurers to become the first individuals to fly a hot air balloon around the globe nonstop.
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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