Mind Game vs Time Was
Mind Game has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.2/10 for Time Was). Time Was is the shorter watch at 1h 13m compared with 1h 43m. Mind Game is the older of the two (2004 against 2025). Both are drama, fantasy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Mind Game
Time Was| Mind Game | Time Was | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 6.2/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 43m | 1h 13m |
| Genres | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Masaaki Yuasa | Jade Winters |
| Main cast | Koji Imada, Sayaka Maeda, Takashi Fujii, Seiko Takuma, Tomomitsu Yamaguchi | Eleanor Barr-Sim, Ella McCready, Bryony Miller, Kathryn O'Reilly |
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.
Time Was
Beth's new house is supposed to be a fresh start, but eerie disturbances make it feel anything but home. Then she meets Melissa-an alluring designer who offers her help. As they work together, Beth finds herself drawn to her in ways she can't explain. But as strange events intensify, so do Beth's doubts. Is she losing her grip on reality, or is something far more unexplainable at play?
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