Bird vs Hanami
Hanami has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.3/10 for Bird). Hanami is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 1h 59m. Bird is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bird
Hanami| Bird | Hanami | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 59m | 1h 36m |
| Genres | Drama, Fantasy | Drama, Fantasy |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Andrea Arnold | Denise Fernandes |
| Main cast | Kirsty J. Curtis, James Nelson-Joyce, Rhys Yates, Jasmine Jobson, Barry Keoghan | Sanaya Andrade, Daílma Mendes, Alice Da Luz Gomes, Nha Nha Rodrigues, Yûta Nakano |
Synopsis
Bird
12-year-old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids, and Bailey, who is approaching puberty, seeks attention and adventure elsewhere.
Hanami
On a remote volcanic island that everybody wants to leave, little Nana learns to stay. Her mother, Nia, went into exile right after she was born and Nana grows up in the family of her father. One day, the family learns that Nia is ill. Nana begins to develop high fevers and is sent to the foot of a volcano for treatment. There she encounters a world steeped in magical realism, between dreams and reality. Later, when Nana is a teenager, her…