Beautiful Boy vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.6/10 for Beautiful Boy). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 59m. Beautiful Boy is the older of the two (2018 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Beautiful Boy
The French Italian| Beautiful Boy | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 59m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Felix van Groeningen | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Julian Works, Maura Tierney, Timothy Hutton, Amy Ryan, Timothée Chalamet | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Beautiful Boy
After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
The French Italian
Doug and Valerie have made a mistake. Their hate-fueled obsession with the jerks downstairs — who always seem to be singing karaoke in a brownstone, who even does that? — recently led them to flee the city for Doug’s parents’ place upstate, giving up a great deal on a rent-stabilized apartment. Their friends are horrified, and regret is setting in. They start plotting their revenge— and before they know it, they’re staging an off-Broadway play…
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