42 vs Dinner with Friends

Dinner with Friends has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for 42). Dinner with Friends is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 2h 8m. 42 is the older of the two (2013 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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42Dinner with Friends
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 10.0/10
Year20132025
Length2h 8m1h 36m
GenresDramaDrama
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorBrian HelgelandSasha Leigh Henry
Main castHamish Linklater, Alan Tudyk, Harrison Ford, James Pickens Jr., Christopher MeloniTattiawna Jones, Tymika Tafari, Alex Spencer, Izaak Smith, Andrew Bushell

Synopsis

42

In 1946, Branch Rickey, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a stand against Major League Baseball's infamous color line when he signed Jackie Robinson to the team. The deal put both men in the crosshairs of the public, the press and even other players. Facing unabashed racism from every side, Robinson was forced to demonstrate tremendous courage and let his talent on the field wins over fans and his teammates – silencing his critics and forever…

Dinner with Friends

After the parties, jobs, and hook-ups throughout their twenties and into their thirties, eight friends are trying to hold on to their group as they get older and life gets complicated. Over a series of dinners, the group deals with loyalty, loss, and an uncertain future as relationships shift and secrets are unraveled, with each dinner bringing its own dynamic-shifting announcement of reconciliation, unexpected relationships, and betrayal. The…

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