Liberty Heights vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.7/10 for Liberty Heights). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 7m. Liberty Heights is the older of the two (1999 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Liberty Heights
The French Italian| Liberty Heights | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1999 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h 7m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | United States of America |
| Director | Barry Levinson | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | David Krumholtz, Anthony Anderson, James Pickens Jr., Joe Mantegna, Orlando Jones | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Liberty Heights
This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Jewish family living in suburban Baltimore during the 1950s. As teenaged Ben completes high school, he falls for Sylvia, a black classmate, creating inevitable tensions. Meanwhile, Ben's brother, Van, attends college and becomes smitten with a mysterious woman while their father tries to maintain his burlesque business.
The French Italian
Doug and Valerie have made a mistake. Their hate-fueled obsession with the jerks downstairs — who always seem to be singing karaoke in a brownstone, who even does that? — recently led them to flee the city for Doug’s parents’ place upstate, giving up a great deal on a rent-stabilized apartment. Their friends are horrified, and regret is setting in. They start plotting their revenge— and before they know it, they’re staging an off-Broadway play…
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