Given vs Save the Last Dance

Given has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.5/10 for Save the Last Dance). Given is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 1h 53m. Save the Last Dance is the older of the two (2001 against 2020). Both are drama, music, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Given posterGiven2020 VS Save the Last Dance posterSave the Last Dance2001
GivenSave the Last Dance
Audience score★ 8.3/10★ 6.5/10
Year20202001
Length1h 1h 53m
GenresAnimation, Drama, Music, RomanceDrama, Family, Music, Romance
Country––
DirectorHikaru YamaguchiThomas Carter
Main castTakuya Eguchi, Yuma Uchida, Masatomo Nakazawa, Shogo Yano, Shintaro AsanumaSean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington, Bianca Lawson, Julia Stiles, Terry Kinney

Synopsis

Given

Haruki secretly had feelings for Akihiko for years, but Akihiko was still in a relationship with his roommate, the violinist Ugetsu Murata. Haruki, Akihiko, and Ugetsu's love clashes and starts to move forward.

Save the Last Dance

After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her life takes a turn for the better when befriends Chenille and her brother Derek, who helps her with her dancing skills.

Where to watch

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