The Pianist vs. Schindler's List

[Lumos]

I found The Pianist to be a far more personal film that really emphasized how "luck" played the biggest role in surviving this period. Furthermore, its portrayal of events is much more accurate and emotional. Schindler's List relied too heavily on "imagery" to convey the horror of the holocaust and was a little too lengthy with its 186 min running time.

[The Futurist]

THe Pianist bored me to hell. zzzzzzzzzzzzzSchindler's List is the ultimate masterpiece of a genius exorcising the past of his tribe.

[CoolioD1]

Relying on imagery works for me. There's several brutal moments from Schindler's Lists that really stick in my head, as well as Ralph Fiennes genius, disgusting performance.... Can barely remember anything about The Pianist.

[Jessie]

Schindlers list easily for me. It may be a 3 hour film, but I don't remember ever being bored throughout.

[Webslinger]

Schindler's List, but they are both excellent movies.

[JCS]

Both are fantastic films as well as very moving and emotional.Hard to choose, but I feel Schindler's List is more powerful.

[baumer]

I too think both are incredible films but if i had to choose, i'd pick The Pianist. I was completely shocked at how much it affected me.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Schindler's List is a masterpiece. I not a big fan of Spielberg but this movie proves he is a genius.

Edited September 9, 2012 by Dexter of Suburbia

[The Creator]

Schindler's List is a masterpiece. I not a big fan of Spielberg but this movie proves he is a genus.

He does indeed belong to a genus, and a species too, but I don't think that makes him a genus.

[vc2002]

Schindler's List is one of a kind. My fav Spielberg film of all time.

[Ozymandias]

Schindler's List wins, but the Pianist is a very, very good film as well IMO.

[ecstasy]

I refuse to choose. I love them both as well as the Diary of Anne Frank.

[XenoZodiac]

Meh...I love them both, can't choose.

[Jamesdawn]

Schindler's List is a boring movie. I have watched this movie one time and that was waste of time. So The Pianist is better movie than Schindler's List. I have watched this movie more than Schindler's List.

[The Toymaker]

The Pianist is better.

[baumer]

I can remember when this film came out I was adamantly against seeing it. I had my preconceived notions that it would be some other heroic Jewish Holocaust film where good triumphs over evil and in between we would see some brutal atrocities committed by the Germans to add some flavour.How wrong I was.This is one of the best films I have ever seen and what it did to me I cannot describe in words. But in a nutshell, it moved me, made me cry, made me feel like I was in the Polish ghetto in 1940, and ultimately made me kiss the sidewalks as I walked out of the theater and thanked God that I live in the free society that I do. Schindler's List is an incredible film, but The Pianist resonated with me just a bit more so my vote goes to The Pianist.