City of Angels vs The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.8/10 for City of Angels). City of Angels is the shorter watch at 1h 54m compared with 2h 46m. City of Angels is the older of the two (1998 against 2008). Both are drama, fantasy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
City of Angels
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button| City of Angels | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 1998 | 2008 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 2h 46m |
| Genres | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Brad Silberling | David Fincher |
| Main cast | Andre Braugher, Colm Feore, Nicolas Cage, Lauri Johnson, Meg Ryan | Julia Ormond, Taraji P. Henson, Jared Harris, Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt |
Synopsis
City of Angels
When a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin…
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