Dandelion vs Spike of Bensonhurst

Dandelion has the higher audience score (9.2/10 against 5.4/10 for Spike of Bensonhurst). Dandelion is the shorter watch at 20m compared with 1h 40m. Spike of Bensonhurst is the older of the two (1988 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Dandelion posterDandelion2025 VS Spike of Bensonhurst posterSpike of Bensonhurst1988
DandelionSpike of Bensonhurst
Audience score★ 9.2/10★ 5.4/10
Year20251988
Length20m1h 40m
GenresComedy, Drama, HistoryComedy, Drama
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorFiona ObertincaPaul Morrissey
Main castAva Lalezarzadeh, Vic Michaelis, Kristin Carey, Lynn Allinger, Sarah CortezMaria Pitillo, Rick Aviles, Frank Adonis, Sasha Mitchell, Talisa Soto

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.

Spike of Bensonhurst

Spike Fumo is an Italian kid apsiring to be a boxer. He falls in love with a rich girl, who turns out to be the daughter of a Mafia boss. Spike is threatened to leave Bensonhurst by the mob, and then goes to a poverty-stricken Puerto Rican part of Brooklyn.

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