Mary Anning vs The Iron Giant
The Iron Giant has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.5/10 for Mary Anning). Mary Anning is the shorter watch at 1h 10m compared with 1h 26m. The Iron Giant is the older of the two (1999 against 2025). Both are adventure, animation, family movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Mary Anning | The Iron Giant | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1999 |
| Length | 1h 10m | 1h 26m |
| Genres | Adventure, Animation, Family | Adventure, Animation, Family, Science Fiction |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Marcel Barelli | Brad Bird |
| Main cast | Alexia Depicker, Camille D'Hainaut, Jason Vansilliette, Bastien Van Dyck, Johanne Pastore | Bob Bergen, Rodger Bumpass, Christopher McDonald, Harry Connick Jr., James Gammon |
Synopsis
Mary Anning
England, 19th century. 12-year-old Mary is passionate about the fossils that she collects and sells with her father. When he accidentally dies near the fossil cliffs, Mary, her brother and her mother struggle to make the payments for the family house, meaning they will probably have to leave the seaside that Maëlys loves so much. But her father left a mysterious message: what was it that he saw on the cliffs before he died? With some help from…
The Iron Giant
In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.
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