View from the Top vs What We Wanted to Be

What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 5.5/10 for View from the Top). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 27m. View from the Top is the older of the two (2003 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

View from the Top posterView from the Top2003 VS What We Wanted to Be posterWhat We Wanted to Be2024
View from the TopWhat We Wanted to Be
Audience score★ 5.5/10★ 7.8/10
Year20032024
Length1h 27m1h 24m
GenresComedy, Drama, RomanceComedy, Drama, Romance
CountryUnited States of AmericaArgentina
DirectorBruno BarretoAlejandro Agresti
Main castRob Lowe, Joshua Malina, Candice Bergen, Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth PaltrowEleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito

Synopsis

View from the Top

No one thought Donna would go very far. But when she sets her sights on becoming a first-class international flight attendant, Donna throws caution to the wind and takes off in pursuit of her dream. The ride is anything but smooth, however, and Donna's laugh-packed journey of a lifetime is rocked by more turbulence than she bargained for.

What We Wanted to Be

An impossible love story that begins outside a movie theater, continues in a café and could end with the two protagonists together… if real life wasn’t much more complicated than the movies. United by their love of cinema, these two main characters decide to live the lives they dreamed of and not the lives they are destined to live. In a series of encounters, imagination triumphs over reality and everyday reality takes a back seat.

Where to watch

Where to watch View from the TopWhere to watch What We Wanted to Be

More like View from the Top · More like What We Wanted to Be · Compare other titles