Aftersun vs Burt
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.7/10 for Aftersun). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 41m. Aftersun is the older of the two (2022 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Aftersun
Burt| Aftersun | Burt | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 1h 18m |
| Genres | Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Charlotte Wells | Joe Burke |
| Main cast | Spike Fearn, Frankie Corio, Paul Mescal, Brooklyn Toulson, Celia Rowlson-Hall | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi |
Synopsis
Aftersun
Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between miniDV footage as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.
Burt
Burt, a 69-year-old musician with Parkinson’s, has his life turned upside down when a man from New York shows up claiming to be his son. Having always dreamed of being a father, Burt embraces Sammy and invites him to stay for the weekend, where he lives with his grumpy landlord.