Dinosaur vs The Boy and the Beast

The Boy and the Beast has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.5/10 for Dinosaur). Dinosaur is the shorter watch at 1h 22m compared with 1h 59m. Dinosaur is the older of the two (2000 against 2015). Both are adventure, animation, family movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Dinosaur posterDinosaur2000 VS The Boy and the Beast posterThe Boy and the Beast2015
DinosaurThe Boy and the Beast
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 7.9/10
Year20002015
Length1h 22m1h 59m
GenresAdventure, Animation, FamilyAction, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country–Japan
DirectorEric Leighton, Ralph ZondagMamoru Hosoda
Main castAlfre Woodard, D. B. Sweeney, Ossie Davis, Max Casella, Hayden PanettiereKappei Yamaguchi, Kumiko Aso, Koji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Lily Franky

Synopsis

Dinosaur

An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.

The Boy and the Beast

Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.

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