Minamahal vs The Captive
Minamahal has the higher audience score (9/10 against 5.6/10 for The Captive). Minamahal is the shorter watch at 1h 57m compared with 1h 58m. The Captive is the older of the two (2000 against 2025). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Minamahal
The Captive| Minamahal | The Captive | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 5.6/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2000 |
| Length | 1h 57m | 1h 58m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance | Drama, Romance |
| Country | Philippines | – |
| Director | Jason Paul Laxamana | Chantal Akerman |
| Main cast | Marnie Lapus, Phoebe Walker, Phoebe Villamor, Andres Muhlach, Ashtine Olviga | Stanislas Merhar, Sylvie Testud, Olivia Bonamy, Liliane Rovère, Bérénice Bejo |
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.
The Captive
Ariane and Simon met down by the water. Simon has managed to prize Ariane away from her friends, a bunch of free and arrogant girls, and move her into his place, with her own room at the end of the hall and her own bathroom next to his. He has taken on Andrée, one of the girls from the bunch by the water, to watch over Ariane, escort her wherever she goes and report back to him on everything she does. Andrée becomes Ariane’s accomplice. She’ll…
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