Boy vs Rent Free
Rent Free has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7.3/10 for Boy). Boy is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 33m. Boy is the older of the two (2010 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Boy
Rent Free| Boy | Rent Free | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 8.5/10 |
| Year | 2010 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 27m | 1h 33m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Taika Waititi | Fernando Andrés |
| Main cast | Rachel House, Taika Waititi, Cohen Holloway, James Rolleston, Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu | Macon Blair, Bill Wise, Frank Mosley, Lorelei Linklater, Temple Baker |
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.
Rent Free
After hitting emotional and financial rock bottom, best friends Ben and Jordan come up with a scheme to spend an entire year living “rent free” with the help of friends, family and strangers alike in a rapidly changing Austin.