Once Upon a Time in a Cinema vs Turtles Can Fly
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.8/10 for Turtles Can Fly). Once Upon a Time in a Cinema is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 38m. Turtles Can Fly is the older of the two (2005 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Once Upon a Time in a Cinema | Turtles Can Fly | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2005 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 38m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Ireland | – |
| Director | David Gleeson | Bahman Ghobadi |
| Main cast | Colin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'Brien | Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Feysal, Hiresh Feysal Rahman, Abdol Rahman Karim |
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.
Turtles Can Fly
Turtles Can Fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iraq border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.
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