A Few Feet Away vs Hector and the Search for Happiness
A Few Feet Away has the higher audience score (7/10 against 6.7/10 for Hector and the Search for Happiness). A Few Feet Away is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 54m. Hector and the Search for Happiness is the older of the two (2014 against 2025). Both are adventure, comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Few Feet Away
Hector and the Search for Happiness| A Few Feet Away | Hector and the Search for Happiness | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2014 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 1h 54m |
| Genres | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | Adventure, Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Tadeo Pestaña Caro | Peter Chelsom |
| Main cast | Esteban Kukuriczka, Jazmín Carballo, Martín Shanly, Max Suen, Felipe Romeo | Ming Zhao, Rosamund Pike, Christopher Plummer, Toni Collette, Jean Reno |
Synopsis
A Few Feet Away
Santiago, a 20 year-old twink shaped by the anonymity of the virtual world, becomes frustrated with gay dating apps and starts obsessively looking for a real experience in the Buenos Aires nightlife.
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive…
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