Once Upon a Time in a Cinema vs The Lost Daughter

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema and The Lost Daughter are tied on audience score (10/10). Once Upon a Time in a Cinema is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 58m. The Lost Daughter 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 posterOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema2026 VS The Lost Daughter posterThe Lost Daughter2025
Once Upon a Time in a CinemaThe Lost Daughter
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20262025
Length1h 32m1h 58m
GenresDramaDrama
CountryIrelandChina
DirectorDavid GleesonXu Ruogu, Zang Lianrong
Main castColin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'BrienDuan Aojuan, Liu Weiwei, Zhang Taiwen, Zhao Hu, Cai Yuan Jiang

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.

The Lost Daughter

A mother seeks out the first-born daughter she previously abandoned in order to try to persuade the daughter to donate bone marrow to her sick younger brother.

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