A Magnificent Haunting vs On Borrowed Time

On Borrowed Time has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.5/10 for A Magnificent Haunting). On Borrowed Time is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 1h 45m. On Borrowed Time is the older of the two (1939 against 2012). Both are comedy, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Magnificent Haunting posterA Magnificent Haunting2012 VS On Borrowed Time posterOn Borrowed Time1939
A Magnificent HauntingOn Borrowed Time
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 7.5/10
Year20121939
Length1h 45m1h 39m
GenresComedy, Drama, FantasyComedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country––
DirectorFerzan ÖzpetekHarold S. Bucquet
Main castGiuseppe Fiorello, Monica Nappo, Elio Germano, Gea Martire, Cem YılmazJames Burke, Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi, Una Merkel

Synopsis

A Magnificent Haunting

An aspiring actor discovers that his spacious new apartment comes complete with eight friendly ghosts.

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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