Smothered vs The Good Boy
The Good Boy has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.8/10 for Smothered). Smothered is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 1h 50m. Smothered is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Smothered
The Good Boy| Smothered | The Good Boy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 39m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Kevin Rahardjo, Rafki Hidayat | Jan Komasa |
| Main cast | Banyu Bening, Rio Dewanto, Almanzo Konoralma, Jordan Omar, Sulthan Hamonangan | Stephen Graham, Anson Boon, Andrea Riseborough, Savannah Steyn, Jessica Johnson |
Synopsis
Smothered
After surviving an accident, Alif, a micro-painting artist, is told by his doctor that his memory hasn’t fully recovered. When a woman claiming to be his mother comes to visit, Alif begins to sense something is wrong—he doesn’t recognize her face, and he suspects she might not be his mother.
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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