Joy Ride vs The Good Boy
The Good Boy has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.5/10 for Joy Ride). Joy Ride is the shorter watch at 1h 37m compared with 1h 50m. Joy Ride is the older of the two (2001 against 2026). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Joy Ride | The Good Boy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2001 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 37m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | John Dahl | Jan Komasa |
| Main cast | Jim Beaver, Steve Zahn, Rachel Singer, Paul Walker, Leelee Sobieski | Stephen Graham, Anson Boon, Andrea Riseborough, Savannah Steyn, Jessica Johnson |
Synopsis
Joy Ride
Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.
The Good Boy
Tommy, a volatile 19-year-old, revels in drugs, parties and violence. After getting separated from his friends on a drunken bender, he is abducted by a shadowy figure. He wakes to find himself imprisoned in the basement of a remote Yorkshire house, inhabited by a very strange family. But what unfolds is not what he could possibly expect.
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