Above the Line vs Eighth Grade
Above the Line has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for Eighth Grade). Above the Line is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 34m. Eighth Grade is the older of the two (2018 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Above the Line
Eighth Grade| Above the Line | Eighth Grade | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Jeffrey Scott Collins | Bo Burnham |
| Main cast | Gregg Henry, Reno Wilson, Cedric the Entertainer, Suzy Nakamura, Sophia Ali | Josh Hamilton, Fred Hechinger, Elsie Fisher, Daniel Zolghadri, Jake Ryan |
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.
Eighth Grade
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.
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