The Imitation Game vs The Tragedy of Macbeth

The Imitation Game has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.9/10 for The Tragedy of Macbeth). The Tragedy of Macbeth is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 1h 53m. The Imitation Game is the older of the two (2014 against 2021). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Imitation Game posterThe Imitation Game2014 VS The Tragedy of Macbeth posterThe Tragedy of Macbeth2021
The Imitation GameThe Tragedy of Macbeth
Audience score★ 8.0/10★ 6.9/10
Year20142021
Length1h 53m1h 45m
GenresDrama, History, Thriller, WarDrama, War
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorMorten TyldumJoel Coen
Main castBenedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Rory Kinnear, Matthew Goode, Matthew BeardBertie Carvel, Moses Ingram, Alex Hassell, Stephen Root, Brendan Gleeson

Synopsis

The Imitation Game

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

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