Calle Malaga vs Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for Calle Malaga). Once Upon a Time in a Cinema is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 56m. Calle Malaga is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Calle Malaga posterCalle Malaga2025 VS Once Upon a Time in a Cinema posterOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema2026
Calle MalagaOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 10.0/10
Year20252026
Length1h 56m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country–Ireland
DirectorMaryam TouzaniDavid Gleeson
Main castCarmen Maura, María Alfonsa Rosso, Marta Etura, Tarik Rmili, Ahmed BoulaneColin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'Brien

Synopsis

Calle Malaga

Maria Angeles, a 79-year-old Spanish woman, lives alone in Tangier, Morocco, and enjoys her daily routine. However, her life is turned upside down when her daughter arrives from Madrid to sell the apartment in which she has always lived. Determined to stay, she does everything she can to get her home and her belongings back and, unexpectedly, rediscovers love and sensuality.

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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