City of Ember vs How to Train Your Dragon (2025)
How to Train Your Dragon (2025) has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.3/10 for City of Ember). City of Ember is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 5m. City of Ember is the older of the two (2008 against 2025). Both are adventure, family, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
City of Ember
How to Train Your Dragon (2025)| City of Ember | How to Train Your Dragon (2025) | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.3/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 2h 5m |
| Genres | Adventure, Family, Fantasy | Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Gil Kenan | Dean DeBlois |
| Main cast | Harry Treadaway, Tim Robbins, Ian McElhinney, Toby Jones, Bill Murray | Kate Kennedy, Nick Frost, Harry Trevaldwyn, Gerard Butler, Mason Thames |
Synopsis
City of Ember
For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers, in a race against time, must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city's existence, before the the lights go out forever.
How to Train Your Dragon (2025)
On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup stands apart, defying centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society.
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