A Sad and Beautiful World vs Stepmom
A Sad and Beautiful World has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.2/10 for Stepmom). A Sad and Beautiful World is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h 5m. Stepmom 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
Stepmom| A Sad and Beautiful World | Stepmom | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1998 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 2h 5m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Lebanon | – |
| Director | Cyril Aris | Chris Columbus |
| Main cast | Camille Salameh, Julia Kassar, Mounia Akl, Hasan Akil, Tino Karam | Jena Malone, Ed Harris, Lynn Whitfield, Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon |
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.
Stepmom
Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest, while they have the chance.
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