The Optimist vs Tinsman Road
Tinsman Road has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for The Optimist). The Optimist is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 1h 54m. The Optimist is the older of the two (2023 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Optimist
Tinsman Road| The Optimist | Tinsman Road | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 1h 54m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama, Horror, Mystery |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Finn Taylor | Robbie Banfitch |
| Main cast | Stephen Lang, Robin Weigert, Elsie Fisher, Luke David Blumm, Stephanie Heiner | Robbie Banfitch, Leslie Ann Banfitch, Salem Belladonna, Keith Bixby, David Fekety |
Synopsis
The Optimist
Herbert Heller keeps his experience as a teenage boy surviving in Auschwitz hidden from his family. Until he meets Abby, a young teenager whose own brush with pain and death inspires him to open up as well, leading the two of them to exchange their stories as a meaningful and healing friendship is born.
Tinsman Road
In the backwoods of New Jersey a young man navigates the serpentine mystery surrounding his long-missing sister and their family home.
Where to watch
Where to watch The OptimistWhere to watch Tinsman Road
More like The Optimist · More like Tinsman Road · Compare other titles