Burt vs Trumbo
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for Trumbo). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 2h 4m. Trumbo is the older of the two (2015 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Trumbo| Burt | Trumbo | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2015 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 2h 4m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Jay Roach |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Bryan Cranston, Alan Tudyk, Diane Lane, Mark Harelik, Michael Stuhlbarg |
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.
Trumbo
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.