Once Upon a Time in a Cinema vs Sunset Sunrise
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.8/10 for Sunset Sunrise). Once Upon a Time in a Cinema is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 19m. Sunset Sunrise 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
Sunset Sunrise| Once Upon a Time in a Cinema | Sunset Sunrise | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 19m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Ireland | – |
| Director | David Gleeson | Yoshiyuki Kishi |
| Main cast | Colin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'Brien | Fumiyo Kohinata, Masaki Suda, Chizuru Ikewaki, Masatoshi Nakamura, Mizuki Kayashima |
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.
Sunset Sunrise
In 2020, the world is forced into lockdown by the COVID pandemic. As remote work is popularized in order to keep the infection rate under control, a young man employed by a company in Tokyo moves to a country town on the Sanriku Coast in Miyagi Prefecture, where he could enjoy fishing, in search of a new lifestyle. But gradually, we found that there were problems such as "empty houses" in the local area.
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