Lifelong vs Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.6/10 for Lifelong). Once Upon a Time in a Cinema is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 42m. Lifelong is the older of the two (2013 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Lifelong posterLifelong2013 VS Once Upon a Time in a Cinema posterOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema2026
LifelongOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema
Audience score★ 5.6/10★ 10.0/10
Year20132026
Length1h 42m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country–Ireland
DirectorAslı ÖzgeDavid Gleeson
Main castZeynep Dinsel, Gizem Akman, Onur Dikmen, Defne Halman, Hakan ÇimenserColin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'Brien

Synopsis

Lifelong

Nisantasi is a classy Istanbul residential district. Its inhabitants may be rich and beautiful but they are not necessarily happy. This is the case for 52-year-old architect Can and his wife Ela, an artist who is already past her creative prime. Their daughter Nil has left home to study in Ankara. Left to their own devices, the couple realise that their passion for each other is not what it once was. Nonetheless they both feel secure in the…

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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