Life Is Beautiful vs The King of Staten Island
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7/10 for The King of Staten Island). Life Is Beautiful is the shorter watch at 1h 56m compared with 2h 17m. Life Is Beautiful is the older of the two (1997 against 2020). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Life Is Beautiful
The King of Staten Island| Life Is Beautiful | The King of Staten Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2020 |
| Length | 1h 56m | 2h 17m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | Italy | United States of America |
| Director | Roberto Benigni | Judd Apatow |
| Main cast | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric | Steve Buscemi, Lou Wilson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr, Pete Davidson |
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.
The King of Staten Island
Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He's now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious younger sister heads off to college, Scott is still living with his exhausted ER nurse mother and spends his days smoking weed, hanging with the guys — Oscar, Igor and Richie — and secretly hooking up…
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