Given vs The Greatest Hits

Given has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.5/10 for The Greatest Hits). Given is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 1h 34m. Given is the older of the two (2020 against 2024). Both are drama, music, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Given posterGiven2020 VS The Greatest Hits posterThe Greatest Hits2024
GivenThe Greatest Hits
Audience score★ 8.3/10★ 6.5/10
Year20202024
Length1h 1h 34m
GenresAnimation, Drama, Music, RomanceDrama, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country–United States of America
DirectorHikaru YamaguchiNed Benson
Main castTakuya Eguchi, Yuma Uchida, Masatomo Nakazawa, Shogo Yano, Shintaro AsanumaJustin H. Min, Lucy Boynton, David Corenswet, Retta, Tom Yi

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.

The Greatest Hits

Harriet finds art imitating life when she discovers certain songs can transport her back in time – literally. While she relives the past through romantic memories of her former boyfriend, her time travelling collides with a burgeoning new love interest in the present. As she takes her journey through the hypnotic connection between music and memory, she wonders – even if she could change the past, should she?

Where to watch

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