California Schemin' vs La La Land
La La Land has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6/10 for California Schemin'). California Schemin' is the shorter watch at 1h 47m compared with 2h 9m. La La Land is the older of the two (2016 against 2026). Both are comedy, drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
California Schemin'
La La Land| California Schemin' | La La Land | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.0/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 47m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance |
| Country | United Kingdom | United States of America |
| Director | James McAvoy | Damien Chazelle |
| Main cast | James Corden, David Witts, James McAvoy, Samuel Bottomley, Amber Anderson | Rosemarie DeWitt, Ryan Gosling, J.K. Simmons, Emma Stone, Sonoya Mizuno |
Synopsis
California Schemin'
In the late 1990s, Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd had their musical ambitions consistently ridiculed for having the 'wrong' accents, so they went for broke and reinvented themselves as Californian rappers. The duo re-recorded their own tracks with fake accents and turned up in London claiming to be an established duo on the Cali scene as well as childhood friends with Eminem. They quickly bagged themselves a record deal, a hefty sum in advances, and…
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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