American Fiction vs Burt
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.3/10 for American Fiction). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 57m. American Fiction is the older of the two (2023 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
American Fiction
Burt| American Fiction | Burt | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 57m | 1h 18m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Cord Jefferson | Joe Burke |
| Main cast | Jeffrey Wright, John Ortiz, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, John Ales | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi |
Synopsis
American Fiction
A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
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.
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