Burt vs Manderlay
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for Manderlay). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 2h 19m. Manderlay is the older of the two (2005 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Manderlay| Burt | Manderlay | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2005 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 2h 19m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Lars von Trier |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | John Hurt, Jeremy Davies, Jean-Marc Barr, Bryce Dallas Howard, Willem Dafoe |
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.
Manderlay
In 1933, a young woman and her father discover an Alabama plantation whose inhabitants live as if slavery had never been abolished. Feeling a sense of duty to those behind the heavy gates, she stays to liberate the people and see them through their first harvest. With four of her father's colleagues and a lawyer, she faces the daunting task of resurrecting the place known as Manderlay.