Above the Line vs The Optimist
Above the Line has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for The Optimist). Above the Line is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 42m. The Optimist is the older of the two (2023 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Above the Line
The Optimist| Above the Line | The Optimist | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Jeffrey Scott Collins | Finn Taylor |
| Main cast | Gregg Henry, Reno Wilson, Cedric the Entertainer, Suzy Nakamura, Sophia Ali | Stephen Lang, Robin Weigert, Elsie Fisher, Luke David Blumm, Stephanie Heiner |
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 Optimist
Herbert Heller keeps his experience as a teenage boy surviving in Auschwitz hidden from his family. Until he meets Abby, a young teenager whose own brush with pain and death inspires him to open up as well, leading the two of them to exchange their stories as a meaningful and healing friendship is born.
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