Burning vs The Good Boy
The Good Boy has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.4/10 for Burning). The Good Boy is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h 28m. Burning is the older of the two (2018 against 2026). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Burning | The Good Boy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2026 |
| Length | 2h 28m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Lee Chang-dong | Jan Komasa |
| Main cast | Jun Jong-seo, Kim Shin-rock, Moon Sung-keun, Steven Yeun, Ok Ja-yeon | Stephen Graham, Anson Boon, Andrea Riseborough, Savannah Steyn, Jessica Johnson |
Synopsis
Burning
Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return, she introduces to Jong-su an enigmatic young man named Ben, who she met during her trip. One day Ben tells Jong-su about his most unusual hobby.
The Good Boy
Tommy, a volatile 19-year-old, revels in drugs, parties and violence. After getting separated from his friends on a drunken bender, he is abducted by a shadowy figure. He wakes to find himself imprisoned in the basement of a remote Yorkshire house, inhabited by a very strange family. But what unfolds is not what he could possibly expect.
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