The Good Boy vs The Professor and the Madman
The Good Boy has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.1/10 for The Professor and the Madman). The Good Boy is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h 4m. The Professor and the Madman is the older of the two (2019 against 2026). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Good Boy
The Professor and the Madman| The Good Boy | The Professor and the Madman | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 2h 4m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Jan Komasa | Farhad Safinia |
| Main cast | Stephen Graham, Anson Boon, Andrea Riseborough, Savannah Steyn, Jessica Johnson | Mel Gibson, Eddie Marsan, Natalie Dormer, Jeremy Irvine, Ioan Gruffudd |
Synopsis
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.
The Professor and the Madman
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
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