Dandelion vs Lover of the Last Empress

Dandelion has the higher audience score (9.2/10 against 5.9/10 for Lover of the Last Empress). Dandelion is the shorter watch at 20m compared with 1h 40m. Lover of the Last Empress is the older of the two (1995 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Dandelion posterDandelion2025 VS Lover of the Last Empress posterLover of the Last Empress1995
DandelionLover of the Last Empress
Audience score★ 9.2/10★ 5.9/10
Year20251995
Length20m1h 40m
GenresComedy, Drama, HistoryDrama, History
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorFiona ObertincaAndrew Lau Wai-Keung
Main castAva Lalezarzadeh, Vic Michaelis, Kristin Carey, Lynn Allinger, Sarah CortezTony Leung Ka-fai, Yu Rongguang, Lau Shun, Chingmy Yau, Yvonne Yung Hung

Synopsis

Dandelion

In 1970s Los Angeles, rebellious queer teen Margaret gets thrown out of yet another foster placement and finds herself in the company of a mysterious social worker who's tasked with finding her a new home before the break of dawn. At odds and forced to travel the city together, Margaret realizes that running may not be her only option.

Lover of the Last Empress

The story of an innocent girl who is destined to become one of the emperor´s concubines. Initially she suffers from a loss of innocence and the intrigues of the other concubines but over the course of time she becomes less and less scrupulous and finally is impregnated by the emperor and thus becomes his wife - the empress of China. However, her "career" has corrupted her once innocent soul and so, after the emperor dies she rules the land with…

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