Double Happiness vs Dreaming of Lions
Dreaming of Lions has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.3/10 for Double Happiness). Dreaming of Lions is the shorter watch at 1h 25m compared with 1h 27m. Double Happiness is the older of the two (1994 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Double Happiness
Dreaming of Lions| Double Happiness | Dreaming of Lions | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.3/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 1994 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 27m | 1h 25m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Mina Shum | Paolo Marinou-Blanco |
| Main cast | Callum Keith Rennie, Sandra Oh, Alannah Ong, Lesley Ewen, Kevin Kelly | Denise Fraga, Joana Ribeiro, Toni Gomila, Roberto Bomtempo, João Nunes Monteiro |
Synopsis
Double Happiness
Jade Li is a feisty, 20-something Chinese Canadian, trying to achieve that happy medium between giving in to her parent's wishes and fulfilling her own needs and desires - double happiness. Naturally, something's got to give and when love beckons in the shape of Mark, a white university student, the facade of the perfect Chinese daughter begins to slip.
Dreaming of Lions
Gilda is terminally ill. Her only wish is to die without pain, and as all her suicide attempts comically fail, she decides to seek professional help.
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