Once Upon a Time in a Cinema vs Three Birthdays

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Three Birthdays). Three Birthdays is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 32m. Three Birthdays is the older of the two (2023 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 Three Birthdays posterThree Birthdays2023
Once Upon a Time in a CinemaThree Birthdays
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 7.0/10
Year20262023
Length1h 32m1h 30m
GenresDramaDrama
CountryIreland–
DirectorDavid GleesonJane Weinstock
Main castColin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'BrienGus Birney, Josh Radnor, Guy Burnet, Dolly Wells, Annie Parisse

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.

Three Birthdays

In 1970, with the Kent State protests as a backdrop, sixteen-year-old Bobbie and her professor parents Kate and Rob, are torn between their high ideals and the old- fashioned comforts of the nuclear family.

Where to watch

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