Like Water for Chocolate vs Your Name.
Your Name. has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7.3/10 for Like Water for Chocolate). Like Water for Chocolate is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 1h 46m. Like Water for Chocolate is the older of the two (1992 against 2016). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Like Water for Chocolate
Your Name.| Like Water for Chocolate | Your Name. | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 8.5/10 |
| Year | 1992 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 45m | 1h 46m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance | Animation, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Japan |
| Director | Alfonso Arau | Makoto Shinkai |
| Main cast | Lumi Cavazos, Marco Leonardi, Regina Torné, Mario Iván Martínez, Ada Carrasco | Kazuhiko Inoue, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Chafurin, Kana Hanazawa, Kaito Ishikawa |
Synopsis
Like Water for Chocolate
Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking and discovers she can transfer her emotions through the food she prepares, infecting all who eat it with her intense heartbreak.
Your Name.
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.
Where to watch
Where to watch Like Water for ChocolateWhere to watch Your Name.
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