Ariel vs Pet Shop Days
Ariel has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 5.2/10 for Pet Shop Days). Ariel is the shorter watch at 1h 13m compared with 1h 40m. Ariel is the older of the two (1988 against 2025). Both are crime, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Ariel
Pet Shop Days| Ariel | Pet Shop Days | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 5.2/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 13m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance | Crime, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Aki Kaurismäki | Olmo Schnabel |
| Main cast | Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto, Matti Pellonpää, Eetu Hilkamo, Erkki Pajala | Peter Sarsgaard, Angela Sarafyan, Willem Dafoe, Jordi Mollà, Maribel Verdú |
Synopsis
Ariel
A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.
Pet Shop Days
On the run from his unforgiving father in Mexico, Alejandro finds himself in New York City, where he meets Jack, a pet store employee with similar parental baggage. Together the two enter a whirlwind romance sending them down the rabbit hole of drugs and depravity in Manhattan’s underworld. When Alejandro’s past threatens to catch up with him, Jack is forced to choose between his family and a life on the run.
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