Burt vs Silent Friend
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for Silent Friend). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 2h 27m. Burt is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Silent Friend| Burt | Silent Friend | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 2h 27m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Ildikó Enyedi |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Léa Seydoux, Rainer Bock, Sylvester Groth, Martin Wuttke |
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.
Silent Friend
On the grounds of a medieval German university town looms an imposing Ginkgo biloba, a tree whose longevity stands in marked contrast to three intimate, human-scaled stories. In 1908, the university’s first female student gains admission into the prestigious botany department, confronting the sexism of both professors and peers. In 1972, amidst counterculture movements, a reserved student finds his attention captured by a fellow housemate and…
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