Full Metal Jacket vs Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 8.1/10 for Full Metal Jacket). Grave of the Fireflies is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 57m. Full Metal Jacket is the older of the two (1987 against 1988). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Full Metal Jacket
Grave of the Fireflies| Full Metal Jacket | Grave of the Fireflies | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 8.5/10 |
| Year | 1987 | 1988 |
| Length | 1h 57m | 1h 29m |
| Genres | Drama, War | Animation, Drama, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Stanley Kubrick | Isao Takahata |
| Main cast | Adam Baldwin, Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Ross | Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai |
Synopsis
Full Metal Jacket
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Grave of the Fireflies
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
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