Burt vs Living
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Living). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 42m. Living is the older of the two (2022 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Living| Burt | Living | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2022 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Oliver Hermanus |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Alex Sharp, Tom Burke, Adrian Rawlins, Aimee Lou Wood, Bill Nighy |
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.
Living
London, 1953. Mr. Williams, a veteran civil servant, is an important cog within the city's bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of World War II. Buried under paperwork at the office and lonely at home, his life has long felt empty and meaningless. Then a devastating medical diagnosis forces him to take stock, and to try and grasp some fulfilment before it passes permanently beyond reach.