Life Is Beautiful vs Like A Friend

Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 5.7/10 for Like A Friend). Like A Friend is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 1h 56m. Life Is Beautiful is the older of the two (1997 against 2021). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Life Is Beautiful posterLife Is Beautiful1997 VS Like A Friend posterLike A Friend2021
Life Is BeautifulLike A Friend
Audience score★ 8.4/10★ 5.7/10
Year19972021
Length1h 56m1h 46m
GenresComedy, DramaComedy, Drama
CountryItaly–
DirectorRoberto BenigniHan Yi
Main castRoberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini BustricLi Meng, Zhang Lei, Qin Hailu, Lang Yueting, Chen Chuang

Synopsis

Life Is Beautiful

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.

Like A Friend

A street gangster, who has suffered from a lot of neglect, and a transfer student, who has been ostracized, become each other's only friends in a series of accidents.

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