8 Mile vs La La Land
La La Land has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.1/10 for 8 Mile). 8 Mile is the shorter watch at 1h 51m compared with 2h 9m. 8 Mile is the older of the two (2002 against 2016). Both are drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
8 Mile
La La Land| 8 Mile | La La Land | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 51m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Drama, Music | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Curtis Hanson | Damien Chazelle |
| Main cast | Michael Shannon, Taryn Manning, Omar Benson Miller, Brittany Murphy, Eminem | Rosemarie DeWitt, Ryan Gosling, J.K. Simmons, Emma Stone, Sonoya Mizuno |
Synopsis
8 Mile
For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.
La La Land
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
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