Above the Line vs Dancing in the Dust
Above the Line has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Dancing in the Dust). Above the Line is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 35m. Dancing in the Dust is the older of the two (2004 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Above the Line
Dancing in the Dust| Above the Line | Dancing in the Dust | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2004 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 35m |
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | Iran |
| Director | Jeffrey Scott Collins | Asghar Farhadi |
| Main cast | Gregg Henry, Reno Wilson, Cedric the Entertainer, Suzy Nakamura, Sophia Ali | Faramarz Gharibian, Yousef Khodaparast, Baran Kosari, Jalal Sarhad Seraj, Saeed Noorullahi |
Synopsis
Above the Line
Six struggling Hollywood hopefuls team up for the ultimate comeback: to rob the Academy Awards from the crooked producer who crushed their dreams. But in a town built on make-believe, pulling off the perfect heist might just be the role of their lives.
Dancing in the Dust
When forced to divorce his wife by family and social pressure because her mother is a prostitute, Nazar works double shifts to pay back the loan he took out for his impulsive wedding and to pay some ongoing restitution to his sweet jilted bride, Reyhaneh. When he falls behind in the payments he flees the police and ends up in the desert with an uncommunicative old man who catches poisonous snakes for their venom. These two are forced to coexist…
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