How to Train Your Dragon (2025) vs Journey to the Christmas Star

How to Train Your Dragon (2025) has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6/10 for Journey to the Christmas Star). Journey to the Christmas Star is the shorter watch at 1h 20m compared with 2h 5m. Journey to the Christmas Star is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are adventure, family, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.

How to Train Your Dragon (2025) posterHow to Train Your Dragon (2025)2025 VS Journey to the Christmas Star posterJourney to the Christmas Star2012
How to Train Your Dragon (2025)Journey to the Christmas Star
Audience score★ 8.0/10★ 6.0/10
Year20252012
Length2h 5m1h 20m
GenresAction, Adventure, Family, FantasyAdventure, Family, Fantasy
Country––
DirectorDean DeBloisNils Gaup
Main castKate Kennedy, Nick Frost, Harry Trevaldwyn, Gerard Butler, Mason ThamesEvy Kasseth Røsten, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Jakob Oftebro, Agnes Kittelsen, Eilif Hellum Noraker

Synopsis

How to Train Your Dragon (2025)

On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup stands apart, defying centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society.

Journey to the Christmas Star

13 year old kind-hearted Sonja arrives at a tiny village together with a company of bandits. But there is a curse on the village. A long time ago, the King’s only daughter Goldhair disappeared while searching for the Christmas Star. The Queen died of a broken heart, leaving the shattered King all on his own. From that day on, the King cursed the Christmas Star, thereby causing darkness and grief to descend upon the land. However, an old sage…

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