Boogie Nights vs Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.6/10 for Boogie Nights). Once Upon a Time in a Cinema is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 36m. Boogie Nights is the older of the two (1997 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Boogie Nights | Once Upon a Time in a Cinema | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2026 |
| Length | 2h 36m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | Ireland |
| Director | Paul Thomas Anderson | David Gleeson |
| Main cast | Don Cheadle, William H. Macy, Nicole Ari Parker, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alfred Molina | Colin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'Brien |
Synopsis
Boogie Nights
Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody to a celebrity adult entertainer is meteoric, and soon the whole…
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.
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