Above the Line vs Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Above the Line has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for Planes, Trains and Automobiles). Above the Line is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 33m. Planes, Trains and Automobiles is the older of the two (1987 against 2025). Both are comedy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Above the Line
Planes, Trains and Automobiles| Above the Line | Planes, Trains and Automobiles | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1987 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 33m |
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama | Comedy |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Jeffrey Scott Collins | John Hughes |
| Main cast | Gregg Henry, Reno Wilson, Cedric the Entertainer, Suzy Nakamura, Sophia Ali | Kevin Bacon, Steve Martin, Richard Herd, Michael McKean, Dylan Baker |
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.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.
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