Dancing in the Dust vs No One Believed Me

No One Believed Me has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Dancing in the Dust). No One Believed Me is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 35m. Dancing in the Dust is the older of the two (2004 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Dancing in the Dust posterDancing in the Dust2004 VS No One Believed Me posterNo One Believed Me2025
Dancing in the DustNo One Believed Me
Audience score★ 7.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20042025
Length1h 35m1h 30m
GenresDramaCrime, Drama, TV Movie
CountryIranUnited States of America
DirectorAsghar FarhadiDave Thomas
Main castFaramarz Gharibian, Yousef Khodaparast, Baran Kosari, Jalal Sarhad Seraj, Saeed NoorullahiJohn Castle, William McKinney, Meghan Carrasquillo, Jessica Morris, Daniel Di Amante

Synopsis

Dancing in the Dust

When forced to divorce his wife by family and social pressure because her mother is a prostitute, Nazar works double shifts to pay back the loan he took out for his impulsive wedding and to pay some ongoing restitution to his sweet jilted bride, Reyhaneh. When he falls behind in the payments he flees the police and ends up in the desert with an uncommunicative old man who catches poisonous snakes for their venom. These two are forced to coexist…

No One Believed Me

A woman who escaped the clutches of a dangerous man only for no one in her small town to believe her. When he hunts her down again and drags her to a rural location where no one can hear her scream.

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