Above the Line vs The Rum Diary
Above the Line has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.9/10 for The Rum Diary). Above the Line is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h . The Rum Diary is the older of the two (2011 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Above the Line
The Rum Diary| Above the Line | The Rum Diary | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.9/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2011 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 2h |
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Jeffrey Scott Collins | Bruce Robinson |
| Main cast | Gregg Henry, Reno Wilson, Cedric the Entertainer, Suzy Nakamura, Sophia Ali | Amaury Nolasco, Aaron Eckhart, Richard Jenkins, Giovanni Ribisi, Johnny Depp |
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 Rum Diary
Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local San Juan newspaper run by the downtrodden editor Lotterman. Adopting the rum-soaked lifestyle of the late ‘50s version of Hemingway’s 'The Lost Generation', Paul soon becomes entangled with a very attractive American woman and her fiancée, a…
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