Burt vs Rain Man
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.8/10 for Rain Man). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 2h 14m. Rain Man is the older of the two (1988 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Rain Man| Burt | Rain Man | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1988 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 2h 14m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Barry Levinson |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Tom Cruise, Bonnie Hunt, Lucinda Jenney, Valeria Golino, Dustin Hoffman |
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.
Rain Man
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing…