Kong: Skull Island vs The Boy and the Beast

The Boy and the Beast has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.5/10 for Kong: Skull Island). Kong: Skull Island is the shorter watch at 1h 58m compared with 1h 59m. The Boy and the Beast is the older of the two (2015 against 2017). Both are action, adventure, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Kong: Skull Island posterKong: Skull Island2017 VS The Boy and the Beast posterThe Boy and the Beast2015
Kong: Skull IslandThe Boy and the Beast
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 7.9/10
Year20172015
Length1h 58m1h 59m
GenresAction, Adventure, FantasyAction, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country–Japan
DirectorJordan Vogt-RobertsMamoru Hosoda
Main castShea Whigham, Tom Hiddleston, Eugene Cordero, Samuel L. Jackson, John OrtizKappei Yamaguchi, Kumiko Aso, Koji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Lily Franky

Synopsis

Kong: Skull Island

Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.

The Boy and the Beast

Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.

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