A Monster Calls vs How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.3/10 for A Monster Calls). How to Train Your Dragon is the shorter watch at 1h 38m compared with 1h 48m. How to Train Your Dragon is the older of the two (2010 against 2016). Both are adventure, family, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Monster Calls
How to Train Your Dragon| A Monster Calls | How to Train Your Dragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2010 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 1h 38m |
| Genres | Adventure, Family, Fantasy | Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | J.A. Bayona | Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois |
| Main cast | Toby Kebbell, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Lewis MacDougall, Ben Moor | David Tennant, Ashley Jensen, Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse |
Synopsis
A Monster Calls
12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.
How to Train Your Dragon
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.
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