Birth vs The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6/10 for Birth). Birth is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 42m. Birth is the older of the two (2004 against 2010). Both are drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Birth posterBirth2004 VS The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya posterThe Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya2010
BirthThe Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
Audience score★ 6.0/10★ 7.9/10
Year20042010
Length1h 40m2h 42m
GenresDrama, MysteryAnimation, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction
CountryGermany–
DirectorJonathan GlazerTatsuya Ishihara, Yasuhiro Takemoto
Main castPeter Stormare, Nicole Kidman, Cara Seymour, Alison Elliott, Danny HustonYuki Matsuoka, Tomokazu Sugita, Daisuke Ono, Aya Hirano, Minori Chihara

Synopsis

Birth

It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving on. However, on the night of her engagement party, a young boy named Sean turns up, saying he is her dead husband reincarnated. At first she ignores the child, but his knowledge of her former husband's life is uncanny, leading her to believe that he might be telling the truth.

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

A week before Christmas, Kyon wakes up in a world where the SOS Brigade doesn't exist. Mikuru and Yuki don't recognize him, and Haruhi and Itsuki seem to have vanished.

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