La La Land vs Ray
La La Land has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.4/10 for Ray). La La Land is the shorter watch at 2h 9m compared with 2h 32m. Ray is the older of the two (2004 against 2016). Both are drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
La La Land
Ray| La La Land | Ray | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2004 |
| Length | 2h 9m | 2h 32m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance | Drama, Music |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Damien Chazelle | Taylor Hackford |
| Main cast | Rosemarie DeWitt, Ryan Gosling, J.K. Simmons, Emma Stone, Sonoya Mizuno | Richard Schiff, David Krumholtz, Larenz Tate, Kerry Washington, Harry Lennix |
Synopsis
La La Land
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
Ray
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.