Groundhog Day vs On Borrowed Time
Groundhog Day and On Borrowed Time are tied on audience score (7.6/10). On Borrowed Time is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 1h 41m. On Borrowed Time is the older of the two (1939 against 1993). Both are comedy, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Groundhog Day | On Borrowed Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 1993 | 1939 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 1h 39m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Harold Ramis | Harold S. Bucquet |
| Main cast | Ken Hudson Campbell, Bill Murray, Rick Ducommun, Stephen Tobolowsky, Chris Elliott | James Burke, Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi, Una Merkel |
Synopsis
Groundhog Day
A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.
On Borrowed Time
Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra…
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