Both films tell the story of directors looking for authentic musical artists - in The Search they are looking for someone to perform Tibetan Opera Drimé Kunden, and in The Pluto Moment for someone to sing Tale of Darkness.

Both films focus on traditional music - Song of the Phoenix talks about playing the suona, and The Search tells the story of a film director and his search for authentic Tibetan Opera.

Both are are arthouse films that use unique and indirect ways of storytelling to inform the viewers about important societal issues and history

Both films are directed by the same person - Li Xiao Feng, and are similarly pessimistic , with plot following a similar path

Both movies are quirky and sarcastic, and they feature weirdo MLs that work in a place that looks innocent on a surface (laundry, bathhouse) but is, in fact, involved in crime.

Both productions use non-linear storytelling where the past and the future, human and ghost become intertwined

Main characters in both movies face a similar problem with their identity and possess memories they should not have

Both female leads have a similar way of courting male leads but their actions have different outcomes

Wen Shu Pei's style of directing in Are you Lonesome Tonight? is very similar to Diao Yi Nan's in Wild Goose Lake

Both dramas are quite similar, have similar themes and the plot in both Risky and Kamen Dosokai follows almost the same pattern.

Both Our Little Sister and the first episode of Arimura Kasumi no Satsukyu were directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, and both deal with similar subjects

Both productions have similar plots that focus on teenagers, their friendship and their hardships; they both star Teresa Daley as one of major female characters too.