Forrest Gump vs Thanks for Nothing

Forrest Gump has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.7/10 for Thanks for Nothing). Thanks for Nothing is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 22m. Forrest Gump is the older of the two (1994 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Forrest Gump posterForrest Gump1994 VS Thanks for Nothing posterThanks for Nothing2025
Forrest GumpThanks for Nothing
Audience score★ 8.5/10★ 6.7/10
Year19942025
Length2h 22m1h 48m
GenresComedy, Drama, RomanceComedy, Drama
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorRobert ZemeckisStella Markert
Main castGary Sinise, Robin Wright, Tom Hanks, Hanna Hall, Siobhan Fallon HoganLudger Bökelmann, Sophie Rois, Trystan Pütter, Jan Bülow, Lea Drinda

Synopsis

Forrest Gump

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

Thanks for Nothing

Katharina, Ricky, Victoria and Malou live in an assisted living group. There they have built up an anarchic utopia as an alternative to everything they reject: Parents, school, rules. With social worker Ballack as a half-hearted guardian, things go well until their “live and let live” agreement starts to falter.

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