Good Boy vs The Act

Good Boy has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 7.6/10 for The Act). The Act is the older of the two (2019 against 2025). Both are crime, drama shows, so they suit a similar mood.

Good Boy posterGood Boy2025 VS The Act posterThe Act2019
Good BoyThe Act
Audience score★ 8.7/10★ 7.6/10
Year20252019
Seasons11
GenresComedy, Crime, DramaCrime, Drama
Country––
Creator / director–Michelle Dean, Nick Antosca
Main castOh Jung-se, Jeong Man-sik, Go Joon, Park Bo-gum, Heo Sung-taePatricia Arquette, Joey King, AnnaSophia Robb, Chloë Sevigny, Calum Worthy

Synopsis

Good Boy

After 11 years, the police revive their special recruitment for former national athletes. Once hailed as heroes, these world-class medalists now face harsh realities. Despite financial struggles, unexpected tragedies, and discrimination within the force, the athletes, each with their own story, reunite as a special task force to take on major crimes with the grit and skills they honed as athletes.

The Act

A seasonal anthology series that tells startling, stranger-than-fiction true crime stories with the first season following Gypsy Blanchard, a girl trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her overprotective mother.

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