The Balloonists vs Yalla Habibi!
Yalla Habibi! has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8.5/10 for The Balloonists). The Balloonists is the shorter watch at 1h 26m compared with 1h 30m. Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Balloonists
Yalla Habibi!| The Balloonists | Yalla Habibi! | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 26m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | Canada |
| Director | John Dower | Edwin El Bainou, Ryan Kluftinger |
| Main cast | Bertrand Piccard | Ryan Kluftinger, Connor Bondlow, Edwin El Bainou |
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.
Yalla Habibi!
FortNine attempts to break the circumnavigation world record with award-winning filmmaker Edwin El Bainou riding pillion. It's a dangerously silly race across thousands of kilometres per day, with the polished and authentic eye that only a ride-along cinematographer can capture. Part documentary and part dark comedy, this is motorcycling as FortNine has never shown before. In less than 19 days, the trio must ride from Anchorage to Miami, Lisbon…
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