The Cove vs Yalla Habibi!

Yalla Habibi! has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.9/10 for The Cove). Yalla Habibi! is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 32m. The Cove is the older of the two (2009 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Cove posterThe Cove2009 VS Yalla Habibi! posterYalla Habibi!2025
The CoveYalla Habibi!
Audience score★ 7.9/10★ 10.0/10
Year20092025
Length1h 32m1h 30m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country–Canada
DirectorLouie PsihoyosEdwin El Bainou, Ryan Kluftinger
Main castHayden Panettiere, Isabel Lucas, Louie Psihoyos, Richard O'Barry, Joe ChisholmRyan Kluftinger, Connor Bondlow, Edwin El Bainou

Synopsis

The Cove

The Cove tells the amazing true story of how an elite team of individuals, films makers and free divers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate the hidden cove in Japan, shining light on a dark and deadly secret. The shocking discoveries were only the tip of the iceberg.

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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