Forrest Gump vs Love for Beginners

Forrest Gump has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7.2/10 for Love for Beginners). Love for Beginners is the shorter watch at 2h 1m compared with 2h 22m. Forrest Gump is the older of the two (1994 against 2012). Both are comedy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Forrest Gump posterForrest Gump1994 VS Love for Beginners posterLove for Beginners2012
Forrest GumpLove for Beginners
Audience score★ 8.5/10★ 7.2/10
Year19942012
Length2h 22m2h 1m
GenresComedy, Drama, RomanceComedy, Romance
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorRobert ZemeckisTakeshi Furusawa
Main castGary Sinise, Robin Wright, Tom Hanks, Hanna Hall, Siobhan Fallon HoganKento Yamazaki, Tori Matsuzaka, Sho Aoyagi, Yumi Aso, Fumino Kimura

Synopsis

Forrest Gump

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

Love for Beginners

Hibino Tsubaki is a young teenage girl with a talent for styling other people's hair. Yet, Tsubaki suffers from low self-esteem and isn't very comfortable styling her own hair. She also has a tendency to dress old-fashioned. She's teased at high school because of this. One day, popular male student Tsubaki Kyota targets Tsubaki for teasing. Tsubaki Kyota holds sway over the entire classroom and is quite a playboy. Inexplicably they fall in…

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