Mind Game vs The Shape of Water
Mind Game has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 7.2/10 for The Shape of Water). Mind Game is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 2h 3m. Mind Game is the older of the two (2004 against 2017). Both are drama, fantasy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Mind Game
The Shape of Water| Mind Game | The Shape of Water | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 43m | 2h 3m |
| Genres | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Masaaki Yuasa | Guillermo del Toro |
| Main cast | Koji Imada, Sayaka Maeda, Takashi Fujii, Seiko Takuma, Tomomitsu Yamaguchi | Doug Jones, Michael Shannon, Nick Searcy, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg |
Synopsis
Mind Game
Nishi is a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.
The Shape of Water
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
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