Fantasy Life vs Love Exposure

Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.7/10 for Fantasy Life). Fantasy Life is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 3h 57m. Love Exposure is the older of the two (2009 against 2026). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Fantasy Life posterFantasy Life2026 VS Love Exposure posterLove Exposure2009
Fantasy LifeLove Exposure
Audience score★ 6.7/10★ 8.0/10
Year20262009
Length1h 31m3h 57m
GenresComedy, Drama, RomanceAction, Comedy, Drama, Romance
CountryUnited States of AmericaJapan
DirectorMatthew ShearSion Sono
Main castJudd Hirsch, Andrea Martin, Zosia Mamet, Amanda Peet, Bob BalabanHikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka

Synopsis

Fantasy Life

An anxious New York law school dropout stumbles into a job babysitting his psychiatrist's three granddaughters and falls for the girls' mother, an actress in a rocky marriage.

Love Exposure

The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an "up-skirt" photographer. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.

Where to watch

Where to watch Fantasy LifeWhere to watch Love Exposure

More like Fantasy Life · More like Love Exposure · Compare other titles