Minamahal vs Noel
Minamahal has the higher audience score (9/10 against 5.8/10 for Noel). Noel is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 1h 57m. Noel is the older of the two (2004 against 2025). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Minamahal
Noel| Minamahal | Noel | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 5.8/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2004 |
| Length | 1h 57m | 1h 36m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance | Drama, Romance |
| Country | Philippines | – |
| Director | Jason Paul Laxamana | Chazz Palminteri |
| Main cast | Marnie Lapus, Phoebe Walker, Phoebe Villamor, Andres Muhlach, Ashtine Olviga | Carmen Ejogo, Susan Sarandon, Penélope Cruz, Paul Walker, Billy Porter |
Synopsis
Minamahal
An introverted high school flower enthusiast tries to win the affection of a love-hating visual artist by giving her flowers during key moments of her life. The movie follows their on-and-off friendship and romance from high school up until college, when the realities of life begin to unfold.
Noel
Christmas Eve in New York, and the lonely divorced publisher, Rose Collins, needs a miracle to improve the health of her mother, interned in a hospital with Alzheimers. She feels sorry for another patient and meets his visitor. Meanwhile, Nina Vasquez breaks her engagement with her beloved fiancé Mike due to his suffocating jealousy, but misses him. Mike is stalked by a stranger, bartender Artie Venzuela. The poor Jules arranges to spend…