Once Upon a Time in a Cinema vs Sound of Falling
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for Sound of Falling). Once Upon a Time in a Cinema is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 28m. Sound of Falling is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
Sound of Falling| Once Upon a Time in a Cinema | Sound of Falling | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 28m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Ireland | – |
| Director | David Gleeson | Mascha Schilinski |
| Main cast | Colin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'Brien | Lucas Prisor, Susanne Wuest, Claudia Geisler-Bading, Luise Heyer, Andreas Anke |
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.
Sound of Falling
Four adolescent girls each spend their youth in the same farmhouse over the last century. Though separated by decades, resonances between their lives emerge: their desires and distress, secrets and truths, encounters with another’s gaze and defiant gaze in return.
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