Lion vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8/10 for Lion). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 58m. Lion is the older of the two (2016 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Lion
The French Italian| Lion | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 58m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Garth Davis | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Nicole Kidman, David Wenham, Rooney Mara, Dev Patel | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Lion
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
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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