Above the Line vs Widow's Walk

Above the Line has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.7/10 for Widow's Walk). Above the Line is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 42m. Widow's Walk is the older of the two (1987 against 2025). Both are crime movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Above the Line posterAbove the Line2025 VS Widow's Walk posterWidow's Walk1987
Above the LineWidow's Walk
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 5.7/10
Year20251987
Length1h 30m1h 42m
GenresAction, Comedy, Crime, DramaCrime
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorJeffrey Scott CollinsPierre Granier-Deferre
Main castGregg Henry, Reno Wilson, Cedric the Entertainer, Suzy Nakamura, Sophia AliMarie Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Philippe Noiret, Catherine Hiegel, Laura Betti

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.

Widow's Walk

Molinat is assigned to the case of a man found with a bullet in his ear on the shore of a little Atlantic coast resort he knows well. Indeed, he used to live there before his wife disappeared at sea, never to be found again. As the ocean rejects a new corpse everyday, the mystery thickens and the list of potential suspects grows longer. This slows Molinat's progress as much as the cumbersome Leroyer, sent in to spy on him and hopefully impede…

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