Alam vs Burt
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.4/10 for Alam). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 49m. Alam is the older of the two (2022 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Alam
Burt| Alam | Burt | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 1h 18m |
| Genres | Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Firas Khoury | Joe Burke |
| Main cast | Amer Hlehel, Saleh Bakri, Muhammad Abed Elrahman, Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi |
Synopsis
Alam
Despite being part of a young generation of Palestinian Arabs whose families chose to stay and challenge the Israeli state after Al-Nakba, 17-year-old Tamer and his friends are just like any other group of teenage boys. They clumsily search for drugs, flirt with girls, play video games, and slack off at school. However, when a beautiful new student named Maysaa’ joins their class Tamer immediately falls for her and, by association, is drawn…
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.