Above the Line vs The Good Lie

Above the Line has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.4/10 for The Good Lie). Above the Line is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 50m. The Good Lie is the older of the two (2014 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Above the LineThe Good Lie
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 7.4/10
Year20252014
Length1h 30m1h 50m
GenresAction, Comedy, Crime, DramaDrama
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorJeffrey Scott CollinsPhilippe Falardeau
Main castGregg Henry, Reno Wilson, Cedric the Entertainer, Suzy Nakamura, Sophia AliCorey Stoll, Reese Witherspoon, Joshua Mikel, Thad Luckinbill, Maria Howell

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.

The Good Lie

A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.

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