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.

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BurningThe Good Boy
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 7.8/10
Year20182026
Length2h 28m1h 50m
GenresDrama, Mystery, ThrillerDrama, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorLee Chang-dongJan Komasa
Main castJun Jong-seo, Kim Shin-rock, Moon Sung-keun, Steven Yeun, Ok Ja-yeonStephen 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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