Our Departures vs The Forge

The Forge has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.8/10 for Our Departures). Our Departures is the shorter watch at 2h compared with 2h 3m. Our Departures is the older of the two (2018 against 2024). Both are drama, family movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Our Departures posterOur Departures2018 VS The Forge posterThe Forge2024
Our DeparturesThe Forge
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 8.3/10
Year20182024
Length2h 2h 3m
GenresDrama, FamilyDrama, Family
Country––
DirectorYasuhiro YoshidaAlex Kendrick
Main castJun Kunimura, Hitomi Miyauchi, Houka Kinoshita, Munetaka Aoki, Mariko TsutsuiBenjamin Charles Watson, Ken Bevel, T.C. Stallings, Priscilla C. Shirer, Aspen Kennedy Wilson

Synopsis

Our Departures

Akira is widowed and left with a pre-teen stepson. Travelling with him to her late husband's hometown, she meets her odd father-in-law and yet decides to make a go of living and working there. She attends training and joins the railway company where her father-in-law works and her late man dreamt of ending up as a child.

The Forge

19 year old Isaiah Wright lives for basketball and video games. A year out of high school, he has no job, no plans, and no idea how to be a man. At odds with his single mother Cynthia, Isaiah is given an ultimatum – to step up or move out. Feeling the pull from his friends and the push from his mom, Isaiah is hired by Moore Fitness, unaware of how the owner will personally impact his life. With the prayers of his mother and unexpected guidance…

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