Once Upon a Time in a Cinema vs The Outrun
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for The Outrun). Once Upon a Time in a Cinema is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 58m. The Outrun is the older of the two (2024 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
The Outrun| Once Upon a Time in a Cinema | The Outrun | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 58m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Ireland | – |
| Director | David Gleeson | Nora Fingscheidt |
| Main cast | Colin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'Brien | Paapa Essiedu, Lauren Lyle, Nabil Elouahabi, Saoirse Ronan, Stephen Dillane |
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 Outrun
Fresh out of rehab, Rona returns to the Orkney Islands—a place both wild and beautiful, right off the Scottish coast. Now 29 and after more than a decade of living life on the edge in London, where she both found and lost love, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her traumatic childhood merge with more recent challenging events that have set her on…
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