Batman: Year One vs Perfect Blue

Perfect Blue has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 7.3/10 for Batman: Year One). Batman: Year One is the shorter watch at 1h 4m compared with 1h 22m. Perfect Blue is the older of the two (1998 against 2011). Both are animation, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Batman: Year One posterBatman: Year One2011 VS Perfect Blue posterPerfect Blue1998
Batman: Year OnePerfect Blue
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 8.3/10
Year20111998
Length1h 4m1h 22m
GenresAction, Animation, Crime, ThrillerAnimation, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorLauren Montgomery, Sam LiuSatoshi Kon
Main castBryan Cranston, Katee Sackhoff, Ben McKenzie, Robin Atkin Downes, Jeff BennettEmi Shinohara, Rica Matsumoto, Shin-ichiro Miki, Junko Iwao, Hideyuki Hori

Synopsis

Batman: Year One

A wealthy playboy named Bruce Wayne and a Chicago cop named Jim Gordon both return to Gotham City where their lives unexpectedly intersect.

Perfect Blue

Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.

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