Burt vs People Like Us

Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for People Like Us). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 54m. People Like Us is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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BurtPeople Like Us
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 6.8/10
Year20252012
Length1h 18m1h 54m
GenresComedy, DramaDrama
Country–United States of America
DirectorJoe BurkeAlex Kurtzman
Main castOliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis LombardiMark Duplass, Philip Baker Hall, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sara Mornell, Elizabeth Banks

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.

People Like Us

After flying home to L.A. for the funeral of his estranged record-producer father, a struggling man discovers that the will stipulates that he must deliver $150,000 in cash to a 30-year-old alcoholic sister he never knew existed, and her troubled 12-year-old son.

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