Flies vs Parasite
Parasite has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.6/10 for Flies). Flies is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 2h 13m. Parasite is the older of the two (2019 against 2026). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Flies
Parasite| Flies | Parasite | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 8.5/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 2h 13m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Fernando Eimbcke | Bong Joon Ho |
| Main cast | Teresa Sánchez, Bastián Escobar, Hugo Ramírez, Enrique Arreola | Lee Jung-eun, Kim Kyu-baek, Cho Yeo-jeong, Park So-dam, Choi Woo-shik |
Synopsis
Flies
Olga lives a strictly regulated life without attachments in a vast apartment block. When out of financial necessity she rents a room in her apartment to a man who also sneaks-in his nine-year-old son, an unlikely bond forms. Her carefully controlled world begins to shift, and their lives become intertwined against her will.
Parasite
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.