Hector and the Search for Happiness vs Thelma
Thelma has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 6.7/10 for Hector and the Search for Happiness). Thelma is the shorter watch at 1h 38m compared with 1h 54m. Hector and the Search for Happiness is the older of the two (2014 against 2024). Both are adventure, comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Thelma| Hector and the Search for Happiness | Thelma | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 1h 38m |
| Genres | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Peter Chelsom | Josh Margolin |
| Main cast | Ming Zhao, Rosamund Pike, Christopher Plummer, Toni Collette, Jean Reno | Clark Gregg, Parker Posey, Malcolm McDowell, Richard Roundtree, Fred Hechinger |
Synopsis
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive…
Thelma
When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.
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