A Sad and Beautiful World vs Sideways
A Sad and Beautiful World has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.1/10 for Sideways). A Sad and Beautiful World is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h 7m. Sideways is the older of the two (2004 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Sad and Beautiful World
Sideways| A Sad and Beautiful World | Sideways | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2004 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 2h 7m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Lebanon | – |
| Director | Cyril Aris | Alexander Payne |
| Main cast | Camille Salameh, Julia Kassar, Mounia Akl, Hasan Akil, Tino Karam | Jessica Hecht, Paul Giamatti, Sandra Oh, Virginia Madsen, Patrick Gallagher |
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.
Sideways
Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.
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