Both movies spent over 50% of the time on a train.. both are quite a watch. Fun, interesting, good acting fun watch.

The main characters in both movies are “Kopino” They are unfortunately poor and minority in Korea. Talented but facing life challenge. Tough kids

Both main leads in both movies are “Kopino”- mixed race Korean and Pilipino. . Both has Filipino mother. Both were very poor. Both became boxer or got into boxing fighting

Both main lead are American Korean. One is American born Korean, the other is Korean Born raised in American. Both has jail setting and complicated storyline.

Both movies about searching for father in China. One is modern more relaxing, the other one is classic Chinese war movie.

One of the story in Move to Heaven touch the same tragedy of Korean infant got adopted from American family. The different is that James Parker was lucky to be adopted by great parents. The story in Move to Heaven was adopted by abusive parents, etc…

An adult child looking for a parent. Love and family separated. Multi countries involved. Heartwarming stories. Several none-approval events in the stories.

Both movie has story about searching for a parent. Parent in foreign country. Parent that never met. With hope and unknown. Heartwarming and full of culture movies

Both are die heart love story. Loving couple somehow get separated. Many twist and turn, roller coaster. It involved next generation. The story continue. This kind of stories can drill into your heart and leave a long lasting memory

Love one separated and long searching. The world is big. Old time no digital communication, almost impossible. When found it could be too late, could be decades later…long awaiting

The main lead on both movies searching for their parent. Parent who leave in the very rural area make it even harder to search. Years of separation

Both movies touch on the subject of racial color discrimination. It is really hard for the mixed race kids to fit in the society. It wasn’t their fault. Both movies shown they fight their way to stand on their feet and survive the bully