Pet Shop Days vs West Side Story

West Side Story has the higher audience score (7/10 against 5.2/10 for Pet Shop Days). Pet Shop Days is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 36m. West Side Story is the older of the two (2021 against 2025). Both are crime, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Pet Shop Days posterPet Shop Days2025 VS West Side Story posterWest Side Story2021
Pet Shop DaysWest Side Story
Audience score★ 5.2/10★ 7.0/10
Year20252021
Length1h 40m2h 36m
GenresCrime, Drama, RomanceCrime, Drama, Romance
Country––
DirectorOlmo SchnabelSteven Spielberg
Main castPeter Sarsgaard, Angela Sarafyan, Willem Dafoe, Jordi Mollà, Maribel VerdúCorey Stoll, Mike Faist, Rachel Zegler, Josh Rivera, Ariana DeBose

Synopsis

Pet Shop Days

On the run from his unforgiving father in Mexico, Alejandro finds himself in New York City, where he meets Jack, a pet store employee with similar parental baggage. Together the two enter a whirlwind romance sending them down the rabbit hole of drugs and depravity in Manhattan’s underworld. When Alejandro’s past threatens to catch up with him, Jack is forced to choose between his family and a life on the run.

West Side Story

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.

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