A Family Man vs Dinner with Friends

Dinner with Friends has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.7/10 for A Family Man). Dinner with Friends is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 1h 48m. A Family Man is the older of the two (2016 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Family Man posterA Family Man2016 VS Dinner with Friends posterDinner with Friends2025
A Family ManDinner with Friends
Audience score★ 6.7/10★ 10.0/10
Year20162025
Length1h 48m1h 36m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorMark WilliamsSasha Leigh Henry
Main castGretchen Mol, Alison Brie, Maxwell Jenkins, Kathleen Munroe, Willem DafoeTattiawna Jones, Tymika Tafari, Alex Spencer, Izaak Smith, Andrew Bushell

Synopsis

A Family Man

Dane Jensen is a driven, Chicago-based headhunter, working at a cut-throat job placement firm. When his boss pits Dane against Lynn Vogel, Dane's equally driven but polar-opposite rival at the firm, in a battle for control over the company. When his young son is then given a harrowing diagnosis, Dane is suddenly pulled between achieving his professional dream and spending time with the family that needs him now more than ever.

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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