My Own Private Idaho vs No One Believed Me
No One Believed Me has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.1/10 for My Own Private Idaho). No One Believed Me is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 44m. My Own Private Idaho is the older of the two (1991 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
My Own Private Idaho
No One Believed Me| My Own Private Idaho | No One Believed Me | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1991 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 44m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Drama | Crime, Drama, TV Movie |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Gus Van Sant | Dave Thomas |
| Main cast | Keanu Reeves, Udo Kier, Flea, Mickey Cottrell, Grace Zabriskie | John Castle, William McKinney, Meghan Carrasquillo, Jessica Morris, Daniel Di Amante |
Synopsis
My Own Private Idaho
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.
No One Believed Me
A woman who escaped the clutches of a dangerous man only for no one in her small town to believe her. When he hunts her down again and drags her to a rural location where no one can hear her scream.
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