The Clearing vs The Good Boy
The Good Boy has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 5.8/10 for The Clearing). The Clearing is the shorter watch at 1h 35m compared with 1h 50m. The Clearing is the older of the two (2004 against 2026). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Clearing
The Good Boy| The Clearing | The Good Boy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.8/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 35m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Pieter Jan Brugge | Jan Komasa |
| Main cast | Matt Craven, Helen Mirren, Wendy Crewson, Willem Dafoe, Diana Scarwid | Stephen Graham, Anson Boon, Andrea Riseborough, Savannah Steyn, Jessica Johnson |
Synopsis
The Clearing
When affluent executive Wayne Hayes is kidnapped by a disgruntled employee and held for ransom in a forest, Wayne’s wife is forced to reckon with the FBI agents as they negotiate with the kidnapper.
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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