O Fantasma vs Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.2/10 for O Fantasma). O Fantasma is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 32m. O Fantasma is the older of the two (2000 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| O Fantasma | Once Upon a Time in a Cinema | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 27m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Portugal | Ireland |
| Director | João Pedro Rodrigues | David Gleeson |
| Main cast | Ricardo Meneses, Beatriz Torcato, André Barbosa, Eurico Vieira, Joaquim Oliveira | Colin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'Brien |
Synopsis
O Fantasma
Sergio is a brooding, alienated man who works as a trash collector in Lisbon by day and roams the city streets by night seeking rough, anonymous sex with men. One night he meets a man who seems to be the embodiment of his tormented fantasies, and he becomes obsessed with the stranger until loneliness and unfulfilled desire propel him finally into a dark and dangerous animalistic state.
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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