Once Upon a Time in a Cinema vs Poetry

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.6/10 for Poetry). Once Upon a Time in a Cinema is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 19m. Poetry is the older of the two (2010 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema posterOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema2026 VS Poetry posterPoetry2010
Once Upon a Time in a CinemaPoetry
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 7.6/10
Year20262010
Length1h 32m2h 19m
GenresDramaDrama
CountryIreland–
DirectorDavid GleesonLee Chang-dong
Main castColin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'BrienDavid Lee, Park Myung-shin, Jang Hye-jin, Yoon Jeong-hee, Kim Hee-ra

Synopsis

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.

Poetry

A South Korean woman in her sixties enrolls in a poetry class as she grapples with her faltering memory and her grandson's appalling wrongdoing.

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