Minamahal vs Past Lives
Minamahal has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.7/10 for Past Lives). Past Lives is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 1h 57m. Past Lives is the older of the two (2023 against 2025). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Minamahal
Past Lives| Minamahal | Past Lives | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 57m | 1h 46m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance | Drama, Romance |
| Country | Philippines | – |
| Director | Jason Paul Laxamana | Celine Song |
| Main cast | Marnie Lapus, Phoebe Walker, Phoebe Villamor, Andres Muhlach, Ashtine Olviga | John Magaro, Greta Lee, An Min-young, Choi Won-young, Teo Yoo |
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.
Past Lives
After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.
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