Loveless vs Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.3/10 for Loveless). Once Upon a Time in a Cinema is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 2m. Loveless is the older of the two (2017 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Loveless posterLoveless2017 VS Once Upon a Time in a Cinema posterOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema2026
LovelessOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 10.0/10
Year20172026
Length2h 2m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country–Ireland
DirectorAndrey ZvyagintsevDavid Gleeson
Main castMaryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin, Sergey Borisov, Matvey Novikov, Alexey FateevColin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'Brien

Synopsis

Loveless

Zhenya and Boris are going through a vicious divorce marked by resentment, frustration and recriminations. Already embarking on new lives, each with a new partner, they are impatient to start again, to turn the page – even if it means threatening to abandon their 12-year-old son Alyosha. Until, after witnessing one of their fights, Alyosha disappears.

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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