Bad Living vs Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4.8/10 for Bad Living). Once Upon a Time in a Cinema is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 8m. Bad Living is the older of the two (2023 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Bad Living posterBad Living2023 VS Once Upon a Time in a Cinema posterOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema2026
Bad LivingOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema
Audience score★ 4.8/10★ 10.0/10
Year20232026
Length2h 8m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
CountryPortugalIreland
DirectorJoão CanijoDavid Gleeson
Main castBeatriz Batarda, Anabela Moreira, Rita Blanco, Nuno Lopes, Leonor VasconcelosColin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'Brien

Synopsis

Bad Living

In a family-run hotel near the northern coast of Portugal, several women from the same family, spanning different generations, live together. Their relationship, poisoned by bitterness, struggles to survive in the decaying hotel. The unexpected arrival of a granddaughter in this claustrophobic space provokes turmoil and rekindles latent hatreds and accumulated resentments.

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

Earl Clancy, a cinema owner on the edge, battles a series of disasters while juggling personal turmoil and the chaos of a packed Friday night crowd. Told in real time over the course of the movie playing in the cinema.

Where to watch

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