Memoirs of a Geisha vs Padmaavat

Memoirs of a Geisha has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.9/10 for Padmaavat). Memoirs of a Geisha is the shorter watch at 2h 26m compared with 2h 43m. Memoirs of a Geisha is the older of the two (2005 against 2018). Both are drama, history, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Memoirs of a Geisha posterMemoirs of a Geisha2005 VS Padmaavat posterPadmaavat2018
Memoirs of a GeishaPadmaavat
Audience score★ 7.7/10★ 6.9/10
Year20052018
Length2h 26m2h 43m
GenresDrama, History, RomanceDrama, History, Romance
CountryUnited States of AmericaIndia
DirectorRob MarshallSanjay Leela Bhansali
Main castMako, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Tsai Chin, Youki KudohShahid Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Ujjwal Chopra, Ranveer Singh, Aditi Rao Hydari

Synopsis

Memoirs of a Geisha

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

Padmaavat

Rajputana, India, 13th century. The tyrannical usurper Alauddin Khilji, sultan of Delhi, becomes obsessed with Queen Padmavati, wife of King Ratan Singh of Mewar, and goes to great lengths to satisfy his greed for her.

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