The Rescue vs Touching the Void
The Rescue has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.6/10 for Touching the Void). Touching the Void is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 1h 47m. Touching the Void is the older of the two (2003 against 2021). Both are documentary, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Rescue
Touching the Void| The Rescue | Touching the Void | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2021 | 2003 |
| Length | 1h 47m | 1h 46m |
| Genres | Documentary, Drama | Action, Adventure, Documentary, Drama |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin | Kevin Macdonald |
| Main cast | Richard Harris, Jim Warny, Thanet Natisri, John Volanthen, Derek Anderson | Nicholas Aaron, Brendan Mackey, Ollie Ryall, Joe Simpson, Richard Hawking |
Synopsis
The Rescue
The enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand.
Touching the Void
The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
Where to watch
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