Billy Elliot vs La La Land
La La Land has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.6/10 for Billy Elliot). Billy Elliot is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h 9m. Billy Elliot is the older of the two (2000 against 2016). Both are comedy, drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Billy Elliot | La La Land | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Stephen Daldry | Damien Chazelle |
| Main cast | Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven | Rosemarie DeWitt, Ryan Gosling, J.K. Simmons, Emma Stone, Sonoya Mizuno |
Synopsis
Billy Elliot
County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon…
La La Land
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
Where to watch
Where to watch Billy ElliotWhere to watch La La Land
More like Billy Elliot · More like La La Land · Compare other titles
Billy Elliot
La La Land