Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them vs Howl's Moving Castle

Howl's Moving Castle has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.3/10 for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them). Howl's Moving Castle is the shorter watch at 1h 59m compared with 2h 13m. Howl's Moving Castle is the older of the two (2004 against 2016). Both are adventure, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them posterFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them2016 VS Howl's Moving Castle posterHowl's Moving Castle2004
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemHowl's Moving Castle
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 8.4/10
Year20162004
Length2h 13m1h 59m
GenresAdventure, FantasyAdventure, Animation, Fantasy
Country–Japan
DirectorDavid YatesHayao Miyazaki
Main castEddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Jon Voight, Ron Perlman, Colin FarrellManabu Muraji, Akio Otsuka, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Akihiro Miwa, Tsuzuki Kayako

Synopsis

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.

Howl's Moving Castle

Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.

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