Dance with Me vs Once

Once has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 6.9/10 for Dance with Me). Once is the shorter watch at 1h 25m compared with 2h 6m. Dance with Me is the older of the two (1998 against 2007). Both are drama, music, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Dance with Me posterDance with Me1998 VS Once posterOnce2007
Dance with MeOnce
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 7.4/10
Year19982007
Length2h 6m1h 25m
GenresDrama, Music, RomanceDrama, Music, Romance
Country––
DirectorRanda HainesJohn Carney
Main castJoan Plowright, Vanessa Williams, Jane Krakowski, William Marquez, Kris KristoffersonMarcella Plunkett, Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Hugh Walsh, Gerard Hendrick

Synopsis

Dance with Me

Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time. The difficult part is that John doesn't know he is Rafael's father. John runs a dance studio, and everyone prepares for the World Open Dance championship in Las Vegas. It soon becomes clear Rafael is a very good dancer, and Ruby is the biggest hope for the studio at the championship.

Once

A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to collaborate, and the songs that they compose reflect the story of their blossoming love.

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