A Friend of Mine vs Dinner with Friends
Dinner with Friends has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.2/10 for A Friend of Mine). Dinner with Friends is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 1h 42m. A Friend of Mine is the older of the two (2011 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| A Friend of Mine | Dinner with Friends | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 1h 36m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | Canada |
| Director | Mart Kivastik | Sasha Leigh Henry |
| Main cast | Markus Luik, Merle Jääger, Raivo Adlas, Tõnu Oja, Aarne Üksküla | Tattiawna Jones, Tymika Tafari, Alex Spencer, Izaak Smith, Andrew Bushell |
Synopsis
A Friend of Mine
Mati, a 70-year-old bibliophile, cannot cope with his wife's death. As loneliness and indifference overrun his thoughts, he contemplates suicide until he meets a younger man who sparks his interest in life.
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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