Not a Word vs Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.7/10 for Not a Word). Not a Word is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 32m. Not a Word is the older of the two (2024 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Not a Word posterNot a Word2024 VS Once Upon a Time in a Cinema posterOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema2026
Not a WordOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema
Audience score★ 5.7/10★ 10.0/10
Year20242026
Length1h 27m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
CountryFranceIreland
DirectorHanna Antonina Wojcik-SlakDavid Gleeson
Main castMaren Eggert, Jona Levin Nicolai, Maryam Zaree, Juliane Siebecke, Marko MandićColin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'Brien

Synopsis

Not a Word

On a barren island, a mother and son confront years of silence and misunderstandings in writer-director Hanna Slak’s formidable fourth feature film starring Maren Eggert, scored by Amélie Legrand, and shot by Claire Mathon.

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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