On Borrowed Time vs Stranger Than Fiction
On Borrowed Time has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 7.3/10 for Stranger Than Fiction). On Borrowed Time is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 1h 53m. On Borrowed Time is the older of the two (1939 against 2006). Both are comedy, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
On Borrowed Time
Stranger Than Fiction| On Borrowed Time | Stranger Than Fiction | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 1939 | 2006 |
| Length | 1h 39m | 1h 53m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Harold S. Bucquet | Marc Forster |
| Main cast | James Burke, Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi, Una Merkel | Tony Hale, Queen Latifah, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Emma Thompson, Will Ferrell |
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…
Stranger Than Fiction
Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.
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