Life Is Beautiful vs Phantoms of July
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 6.9/10 for Phantoms of July). Phantoms of July is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 56m. Life Is Beautiful is the older of the two (1997 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Life Is Beautiful
Phantoms of July| Life Is Beautiful | Phantoms of July | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 56m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | Italy | Germany |
| Director | Roberto Benigni | Julian Radlmaier |
| Main cast | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric | Andreas Döhler, Valerie Koch, Henriette Confurius, Paula Schindler, Ghazal Shojaei |
Synopsis
Life Is Beautiful
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
Phantoms of July
Ursula and Neda, an East German waitress with a broken heart and an Iranian YouTuber with a broken arm, both feel trapped and lonely in their precarious lives. One summer evening, Ursula falls for a mysterious musician from the city, while Neda is convinced that she recognized an old friend from Tehran in an equally enigmatic street sweeper. The winding paths of chance draw the two women together on an unexpected ghost hunt in the mountains...
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