Burt vs Mommy, I'm Scared

Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for Mommy, I'm Scared). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 2h 4m. Mommy, I'm Scared is the older of the two (2006 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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BurtMommy, I'm Scared
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 6.8/10
Year20252006
Length1h 18m2h 4m
GenresComedy, DramaDrama
Country–Turkey
DirectorJoe BurkeReha Erdem
Main castOliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis LombardiTaner Birsel, Serkan Keskin, Sencar Sağdıç, Bülent Emin Yarar, Sermiyan Midyat

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.

Mommy, I'm Scared

Reha Erdem’s innovative group portrait of the inhabitants of an apartment building in Istanbul serves as a comic exploration of what it means to be human. The drama revolves around hapless taxi driver Ali, who suffers from amnesia as a result of an accident the cause of which he does not remember. As he struggles to regain his memory, his neighbors—embodying a variety of physical, mental, and emotional states—wrestle with their own…

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