Broken Flowers vs La La Land

La La Land has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.9/10 for Broken Flowers). Broken Flowers is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 2h 9m. Broken Flowers is the older of the two (2005 against 2016). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Broken Flowers posterBroken Flowers2005 VS La La Land posterLa La Land2016
Broken FlowersLa La Land
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 7.9/10
Year20052016
Length1h 46m2h 9m
GenresComedy, Drama, Mystery, RomanceComedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country–United States of America
DirectorJim JarmuschDamien Chazelle
Main castChris Bauer, Jeffrey Wright, Frances Conroy, Sharon Stone, Chloë SevignyRosemarie DeWitt, Ryan Gosling, J.K. Simmons, Emma Stone, Sonoya Mizuno

Synopsis

Broken Flowers

Introverted Don Johnston receives an anonymous letter from an ex-lover informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him. A freelance sleuth neighbor motivates Don to embark on a cross-country search for his past flames seeking answers.

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.

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