Burt vs Mysterious Skin
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.7/10 for Mysterious Skin). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 45m. Mysterious Skin is the older of the two (2005 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Mysterious Skin| Burt | Mysterious Skin | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2005 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Joe Burke | Gregg Araki |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Elisabeth Shue, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Bill Sage, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Chris Mulkey |
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.
Mysterious Skin
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
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