Rules Don't Apply vs Wonderful Nightmare

Wonderful Nightmare has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 5.8/10 for Rules Don't Apply). Wonderful Nightmare is the shorter watch at 2h 2m compared with 2h 7m. Rules Don't Apply is the older of the two (2016 against 2026). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Rules Don't Apply posterRules Don't Apply2016 VS Wonderful Nightmare posterWonderful Nightmare2026
Rules Don't ApplyWonderful Nightmare
Audience score★ 5.8/10★ 8.5/10
Year20162026
Length2h 7m2h 2m
GenresComedy, Drama, RomanceComedy, Drama, Romance
Country–Philippines
DirectorWarren BeattyRC Delos Reyes
Main castEd Harris, Lily Collins, Oliver Platt, Taissa Farmiga, Candice BergenQuinn Carrillo, Candy Pangilinan, TJ Valderrama, Denise Esteban, Benj Manalo

Synopsis

Rules Don't Apply

It's Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Angeles. At the airport, she meets her driver Frank Forbes, who is engaged to be married to his seventh grade sweetheart and is a deeply religious Methodist. Their instant attraction not only puts their religious convictions to the test, but also defies Hughes' number one rule: No employee is allowed…

Wonderful Nightmare

It follows a high-flying, career-driven lawyer who dies prematurely due to a clerical error in heaven.

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