Bugonia vs Japan
Bugonia has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 3.4/10 for Japan). Bugonia is the shorter watch at 1h 59m compared with 2h 34m. Japan is the older of the two (2023 against 2025). Both are comedy, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bugonia
Japan| Bugonia | Japan | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 3.4/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 59m | 2h 34m |
| Genres | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Science Fiction | Comedy, Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Yorgos Lanthimos | Raju Murugan |
| Main cast | Jesse Plemons, Emma Stone, Alicia Silverstone, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias | Sunil Varma, K. S. Ravikumar, Karthi, Bava Chelladurai, Rajendran |
Synopsis
Bugonia
Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
Japan
A fictionalized version of the events surrounding notorious criminal Tiruvarur Murugan, who was involved in a big jewellery shop robbery.