Burt vs Fried Green Tomatoes
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.7/10 for Fried Green Tomatoes). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 2h 10m. Fried Green Tomatoes is the older of the two (1991 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Fried Green Tomatoes| Burt | Fried Green Tomatoes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1991 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 2h 10m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Joe Burke | Jon Avnet |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Mary-Louise Parker, Kathy Bates, Gailard Sartain, Cicely Tyson, Gary Basaraba |
Synopsis
Burt
Burt, a 69-year-old musician with Parkinson’s, has his life turned upside down when a man from New York shows up claiming to be his son. Having always dreamed of being a father, Burt embraces Sammy and invites him to stay for the weekend, where he lives with his grumpy landlord.
Fried Green Tomatoes
Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in 1920s Whistle Stop, Alabama.
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