Flying Devils vs Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6/10 for Flying Devils). Once Upon a Time in a Cinema is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 55m. Flying Devils is the older of the two (1985 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Flying Devils posterFlying Devils1985 VS Once Upon a Time in a Cinema posterOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema2026
Flying DevilsOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema
Audience score★ 6.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year19852026
Length1h 55m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country–Ireland
DirectorAnders RefnDavid Gleeson
Main castErland Josephson, Mario David, Warren Clarke, Pete Lee-Wilson, Senta BergerColin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'Brien

Synopsis

Flying Devils

A family of aerialists decides to go after the $250,000 prize being offered to any group that can execute a complicated trapeze maneuver. However, personal dramas and financial difficulties soon threaten to overtake the flyers' pursuit of the elusive quadruple somersault. The film received a Robert Award as the best Danish film of 1985.

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

Earl Clancy, a cinema owner on the edge, battles a series of disasters while juggling personal turmoil and the chaos of a packed Friday night crowd. Told in real time over the course of the movie playing in the cinema.

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