Waiting for the Barbarians vs War and Music
War and Music has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 5.9/10 for Waiting for the Barbarians). Waiting for the Barbarians is the older of the two (2019 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Waiting for the Barbarians
War and Music| Waiting for the Barbarians | War and Music | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.9/10 | ★ 8.5/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 54m | – |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | Russia |
| Director | Ciro Guerra | Sarik Andreasyan |
| Main cast | Sam Reid, Greta Scacchi, David Dencik, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson | Nicholay Kovbas, Michael Janibekyan, David Mkhitarel, Sergey Melkonyan, David Kotov-Oganesyan |
Synopsis
Waiting for the Barbarians
At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.
War and Music
The war burst into the peaceful life of three friends suddenly, forever changing their destinies. Each of them went to the front, leaving the most valuable things at home in order to fight for this most valuable thing. Surprisingly, they are helped to survive in this fiery hell of battles with fascism, music. Taking musical instruments with them, friends play to maintain the morale of fellow soldiers, as well as to compose the leitmotif of…
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