Dandelion vs The Cool Lakes of Death

Dandelion has the higher audience score (9.2/10 against 5.9/10 for The Cool Lakes of Death). Dandelion is the shorter watch at 20m compared with 2h 4m. The Cool Lakes of Death is the older of the two (1982 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Dandelion posterDandelion2025 VS The Cool Lakes of Death posterThe Cool Lakes of Death1982
DandelionThe Cool Lakes of Death
Audience score★ 9.2/10★ 5.9/10
Year20251982
Length20m2h 4m
GenresComedy, Drama, HistoryDrama, History
CountryUnited States of AmericaNetherlands
DirectorFiona ObertincaNouchka van Brakel
Main castAva Lalezarzadeh, Vic Michaelis, Kristin Carey, Lynn Allinger, Sarah CortezDerek de Lint, Renée Soutendijk, Huub Stapel, Peter Faber, Erik van 't Wout

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.

The Cool Lakes of Death

Hedwig, a young wealthy woman growing up in the straight-jacket of bourgeois morality in the Victorian era, descends into madness after years of sexual repression and tragedy.

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