A Christmas Carol vs Spirited Away

Spirited Away has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.9/10 for A Christmas Carol). A Christmas Carol is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 2h 5m. Spirited Away is the older of the two (2001 against 2009). Both are animation, family, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Christmas Carol posterA Christmas Carol2009 VS Spirited Away posterSpirited Away2001
A Christmas CarolSpirited Away
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 8.5/10
Year20092001
Length1h 34m2h 5m
GenresAnimation, Family, FantasyAnimation, Family, Fantasy
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorRobert ZemeckisHayao Miyazaki
Main castRobin Wright, Sammi Hanratty, Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Cary ElwesMiyu Irino, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Tsunehiko Kamijô, Ken Yasuda, Rumi Hiiragi

Synopsis

A Christmas Carol

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

Spirited Away

A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.

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