On Borrowed Time vs The Hudsucker Proxy

On Borrowed Time has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 7.1/10 for The Hudsucker Proxy). On Borrowed Time is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 1h 51m. On Borrowed Time is the older of the two (1939 against 1994). Both are comedy, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.

On Borrowed Time posterOn Borrowed Time1939 VS The Hudsucker Proxy posterThe Hudsucker Proxy1994
On Borrowed TimeThe Hudsucker Proxy
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 7.1/10
Year19391994
Length1h 39m1h 51m
GenresComedy, Drama, FantasyComedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country––
DirectorHarold S. BucquetJoel Coen
Main castJames Burke, Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi, Una MerkelJennifer Jason Leigh, Tim Robbins, Charles Durning, Bruce Campbell, John Mahoney

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…

The Hudsucker Proxy

A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.

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