A Sad and Beautiful World vs Hope Floats
A Sad and Beautiful World has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.4/10 for Hope Floats). A Sad and Beautiful World is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 1h 54m. Hope Floats is the older of the two (1998 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Sad and Beautiful World
Hope Floats| A Sad and Beautiful World | Hope Floats | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 6.4/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1998 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 54m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Lebanon | – |
| Director | Cyril Aris | Forest Whitaker |
| Main cast | Camille Salameh, Julia Kassar, Mounia Akl, Hasan Akil, Tino Karam | Mae Whitman, Kathy Najimy, Michael Paré, Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr. |
Synopsis
A Sad and Beautiful World
In this sweeping love story that spans three decades of passion, heartbreak, and hope, Nino and Yasmina find themselves drawn together by a magnetic relationship. As they face an impossible choice between love and survival, they must decide if they want to build a family and chart a path to happiness in Lebanon, despite the tragedies ravaging the country.
Hope Floats
Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill. Birdee tries starting over with her daughter, Bernice, by returning to her small Texas hometown, but she's faced with petty old acquaintances who are thrilled to see Birdee unhappy -- except for her friend Justin. As he helps Birdee get back on her feet, love begins to blossom.
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