The Girl Who Leapt Through Time vs Upstream Color

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.3/10 for Upstream Color). Upstream Color is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 1h 38m. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is the older of the two (2006 against 2013). Both are drama, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time posterThe Girl Who Leapt Through Time2006 VS Upstream Color posterUpstream Color2013
The Girl Who Leapt Through TimeUpstream Color
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 6.3/10
Year20062013
Length1h 38m1h 36m
GenresAnimation, Drama, Fantasy, Science FictionDrama, Science Fiction
Country––
DirectorMamoru HosodaShane Carruth
Main castFumihiko Tachiki, Keiko Aizawa, Keiko Yamamoto, Riisa Naka, Takuya IshidaThiago Martins, Amy Seimetz, Shane Carruth, Mollie Milligan, Andrew Sensenig

Synopsis

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to 'leap' backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends.

Upstream Color

A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.

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