On Borrowed Time vs Princes and Princesses

Princes and Princesses has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 7.5/10 for On Borrowed Time). Princes and Princesses is the shorter watch at 1h 10m compared with 1h 39m. On Borrowed Time is the older of the two (1939 against 2000). Both are comedy, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.

On Borrowed Time posterOn Borrowed Time1939 VS Princes and Princesses posterPrinces and Princesses2000
On Borrowed TimePrinces and Princesses
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 7.7/10
Year19392000
Length1h 39m1h 10m
GenresComedy, Drama, FantasyAdventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country––
DirectorHarold S. BucquetMichel Ocelot
Main castJames Burke, Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi, Una MerkelYves Barsacq, Philippe Cheytion, Arlette Mirapeu, François Voisin

Synopsis

On Borrowed Time

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra…

Princes and Princesses

In this episodic animated fantasy from France, an art teacher interprets a series of six fairy tales (each involving a prince or princess) with the help of two precocious students. Princes and Princesses was created using a special style of cutout animation, with black silhouetted characters performing the action against backlit backdrops in striking colors.

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