I’m Going Home vs Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for I’m Going Home). I’m Going Home is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 32m. I’m Going Home is the older of the two (2001 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

I’m Going Home posterI’m Going Home2001 VS Once Upon a Time in a Cinema posterOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema2026
I’m Going HomeOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 10.0/10
Year20012026
Length1h 30m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country–Ireland
DirectorManoel de OliveiraDavid Gleeson
Main castCatherine Deneuve, John Malkovich, Sylvie Testud, Michel Piccoli, Antoine ChappeyColin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'Brien

Synopsis

I’m Going Home

The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car crash. Having to take care of his now-orphaned grandson, he struggles to go on with his lifelong acting career like he's used to. But the roles he is offered -- a flashy TV show and a hectic last-minute replacement in an English-language film of Joyce's Ulysses…

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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