Flow vs Ponyo
Flow has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.8/10 for Ponyo). Flow is the shorter watch at 1h 25m compared with 1h 40m. Ponyo is the older of the two (2008 against 2024). Both are animation, family, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Flow
Ponyo| Flow | Ponyo | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2008 |
| Length | 1h 25m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy | Animation, Family, Fantasy |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Gints Zilbalodis | Hayao Miyazaki |
| Main cast | – | Rumi Hiiragi, Shin'ichi Hatori, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Yuki Amami, Yuria Kozuki |
Synopsis
Flow
A solitary cat, displaced by a great flood, finds refuge on a boat with various species and must navigate the challenges of adapting to a transformed world together.
Ponyo
When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a powerful sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea.