Soul vs The Forge
The Forge has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 8.1/10 for Soul). Soul is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 2h 3m. Soul is the older of the two (2020 against 2024). Both are drama, family movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Soul
The Forge| Soul | The Forge | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 8.3/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 2h 3m |
| Genres | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy | Drama, Family |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Pete Docter | Alex Kendrick |
| Main cast | Daveed Diggs, Alice Braga, Wes Studi, Rachel House, Angela Bassett | Benjamin Charles Watson, Ken Bevel, T.C. Stallings, Priscilla C. Shirer, Aspen Kennedy Wilson |
Synopsis
Soul
Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to…
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…