Blue Valentine vs Your Name.

Your Name. has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7/10 for Blue Valentine). Your Name. is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 1h 52m. Blue Valentine is the older of the two (2010 against 2016). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Blue Valentine posterBlue Valentine2010 VS Your Name. posterYour Name.2016
Blue ValentineYour Name.
Audience score★ 7.0/10★ 8.5/10
Year20102016
Length1h 52m1h 46m
GenresDrama, RomanceAnimation, Drama, Romance
CountryUnited States of AmericaJapan
DirectorDerek CianfranceMakoto Shinkai
Main castMike Vogel, Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, John Doman, Ben ShenkmanKazuhiko Inoue, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Chafurin, Kana Hanazawa, Kaito Ishikawa

Synopsis

Blue Valentine

Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.

Your Name.

High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

Where to watch

Where to watch Blue ValentineWhere to watch Your Name.

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