A Dog's Purpose vs On Borrowed Time

A Dog's Purpose and On Borrowed Time are tied on audience score (7.6/10). On Borrowed Time is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 1h 40m. On Borrowed Time is the older of the two (1939 against 2017). Both are comedy, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Dog's Purpose posterA Dog's Purpose2017 VS On Borrowed Time posterOn Borrowed Time1939
A Dog's PurposeOn Borrowed Time
Audience score★ 7.6/10★ 7.5/10
Year20171939
Length1h 40m1h 39m
GenresAdventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, FantasyComedy, Drama, Fantasy
CountryIndia–
DirectorLasse HallströmHarold S. Bucquet
Main castJohn Ortiz, Pooch Hall, Juliet Rylance, Dennis Quaid, K.J. ApaJames Burke, Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi, Una Merkel

Synopsis

A Dog's Purpose

A dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.

On Borrowed Time

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra…

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