20th Century Women vs Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.3/10 for 20th Century Women). Once Upon a Time in a Cinema is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 58m. 20th Century Women is the older of the two (2016 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

20th Century Women poster20th Century Women2016 VS Once Upon a Time in a Cinema posterOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema2026
20th Century WomenOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 10.0/10
Year20162026
Length1h 58m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country–Ireland
DirectorMike MillsDavid Gleeson
Main castLucas Jade Zumann, Alia Shawkat, Billy Crudup, Alison Elliott, Annette BeningColin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'Brien

Synopsis

20th Century Women

In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie, a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour – to help with Jamie's upbringing.

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

Earl Clancy, a cinema owner on the edge, battles a series of disasters while juggling personal turmoil and the chaos of a packed Friday night crowd. Told in real time over the course of the movie playing in the cinema.

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