Welcome vs Your Name.

Your Name. has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7.2/10 for Welcome). Your Name. is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 1h 50m. Welcome is the older of the two (2009 against 2016). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Welcome posterWelcome2009 VS Your Name. posterYour Name.2016
WelcomeYour Name.
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 8.5/10
Year20092016
Length1h 50m1h 46m
GenresDrama, RomanceAnimation, Drama, Romance
Country–Japan
DirectorPhilippe LioretMakoto Shinkai
Main castMurat Subaşı, Yannick Renier, Thierry Godard, Blandine Pélissier, Vincent LindonKazuhiko Inoue, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Chafurin, Kana Hanazawa, Kaito Ishikawa

Synopsis

Welcome

Bilal is 17 years old, a Kurdish boy from Iraq. He sets off on an adventure-filled journey across Europe. He wants to get to England to see his love who lives there. Bilal finally reaches Calais, but how do you cover 32 kilometers of the English Channel when you can't swim? The boy soon discovers that his trip won't be as easy as he imagined... The community of struggling illegal aliens in Calais

Your Name.

High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

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