Once Upon a Time in a Cinema vs Radio

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.3/10 for Radio). Once Upon a Time in a Cinema is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 49m. Radio is the older of the two (2003 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 Radio posterRadio2003
Once Upon a Time in a CinemaRadio
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 7.3/10
Year20262003
Length1h 32m1h 49m
GenresDramaDrama
CountryIreland–
DirectorDavid GleesonMichael Tollin
Main castColin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'BrienAlfre Woodard, Ed Harris, Riley Smith, S. Epatha Merkerson, Cuba Gooding Jr.

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.

Radio

In the racially divided town of Anderson, South Carolina in 1976, football coach Harold Jones spots a mentally disabled African-American young man nicknamed Radio near his practice field and is inspired to befriend him. Soon, Radio is Jones' loyal assistant, and he becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School. But things start to sour when Coach Jones begins taking guff from parents and fans who feel that his devotion to Radio is getting in the…

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