Billy Elliot vs Sing Street
Sing Street has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.6/10 for Billy Elliot). Sing Street is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 1h 50m. 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
Sing Street| Billy Elliot | Sing Street | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Stephen Daldry | John Carney |
| Main cast | Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven | Aidan Gillen, Mark McKenna, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Maria Doyle Kennedy |
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…
Sing Street
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
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