Boy vs Dandelion
Dandelion has the higher audience score (9.2/10 against 7.3/10 for Boy). Dandelion is the shorter watch at 20m compared with 1h 27m. Boy is the older of the two (2010 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Boy
Dandelion| Boy | Dandelion | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 9.2/10 |
| Year | 2010 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 27m | 20m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama, History |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Taika Waititi | Fiona Obertinca |
| Main cast | Rachel House, Taika Waititi, Cohen Holloway, James Rolleston, Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu | Ava Lalezarzadeh, Vic Michaelis, Kristin Carey, Lynn Allinger, Sarah Cortez |
Synopsis
Boy
Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.
Dandelion
In 1970s Los Angeles, rebellious queer teen Margaret gets thrown out of yet another foster placement and finds herself in the company of a mysterious social worker who's tasked with finding her a new home before the break of dawn. At odds and forced to travel the city together, Margaret realizes that running may not be her only option.