I Am a Hero vs I Saw the TV Glow
I Am a Hero has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 6.1/10 for I Saw the TV Glow). I Saw the TV Glow is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 6m. I Am a Hero is the older of the two (2016 against 2024). Both are drama, horror movies, so they suit a similar mood.
I Am a Hero
I Saw the TV Glow| I Am a Hero | I Saw the TV Glow | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 6.1/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h 6m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Horror | Drama, Horror |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Shinsuke Sato | Jane Schoenbrun |
| Main cast | Masami Nagasawa, Nana Katase, Yo Oizumi, Yoshinori Okada, Kasumi Arimura | Danielle Deadwyler, Justice Smith, Michael C. Maronna, Jack Haven, Conner O'Malley |
Synopsis
I Am a Hero
Hideo Suzuki is a 35-year-old mangaka assistant, whose life seem to be stuck around his exhausting but low-paying job, unfulfilled dreams, strange hallucinations and unsatisfying relationships. He sees himself as a supporting character in his own life, has low self-esteem, resulting in frustration. One day, the world as Hideo knows it is shattered by the presence of a disease that turns people into homicidal maniacs, whose first instinct is to…
I Saw the TV Glow
Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate Maddy introduces him to a mysterious TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.
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