Dreaming of Lions vs On Borrowed Time
Dreaming of Lions has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.5/10 for On Borrowed Time). Dreaming of Lions is the shorter watch at 1h 25m compared with 1h 39m. On Borrowed Time is the older of the two (1939 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dreaming of Lions
On Borrowed Time| Dreaming of Lions | On Borrowed Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1939 |
| Length | 1h 25m | 1h 39m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Paolo Marinou-Blanco | Harold S. Bucquet |
| Main cast | Denise Fraga, Joana Ribeiro, Toni Gomila, Roberto Bomtempo, João Nunes Monteiro | James Burke, Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi, Una Merkel |
Synopsis
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.
On Borrowed Time
Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra…
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