Burt vs Joy
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for Joy). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 55m. Joy is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Joy| Burt | Joy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 55m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Ben Taylor |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Bill Nighy, James Norton, Charlie Murphy, Thomasin McKenzie, Rish Shah |
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.
Joy
A young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media and medical establishment, in their pursuit of the world’s first ‘test tube baby’, Louise Joy Brown.