Grave of the Fireflies vs Thank You for Your Service
Grave of the Fireflies has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.6/10 for Thank You for Your Service). Grave of the Fireflies is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 49m. Grave of the Fireflies is the older of the two (1988 against 2017). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Grave of the Fireflies
Thank You for Your Service| Grave of the Fireflies | Thank You for Your Service | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.5/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 1h 49m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Isao Takahata | Jason Hall |
| Main cast | Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai | Beulah Koale, Omar J. Dorsey, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Haley Bennett, Scott Haze |
Synopsis
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.
Thank You for Your Service
A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.
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