9 Songs vs Given
Given has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 5.6/10 for 9 Songs). Given is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 1h 9m. 9 Songs is the older of the two (2004 against 2020). Both are drama, music, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
9 Songs
Given| 9 Songs | Given | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.6/10 | ★ 8.3/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2020 |
| Length | 1h 9m | 1h |
| Genres | Drama, Music, Romance | Animation, Drama, Music, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Michael Winterbottom | Hikaru Yamaguchi |
| Main cast | Kieran O'Brien, Margo Stilley, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Alex Kapranos, Guy Garvey | Takuya Eguchi, Yuma Uchida, Masatomo Nakazawa, Shogo Yano, Shintaro Asanuma |
Synopsis
9 Songs
Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall - London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night's end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages unfold in counterpoint to nine live-concert songs.
Given
Haruki secretly had feelings for Akihiko for years, but Akihiko was still in a relationship with his roommate, the violinist Ugetsu Murata. Haruki, Akihiko, and Ugetsu's love clashes and starts to move forward.