A Hatful of Rain vs Dinner with Friends

Dinner with Friends has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for A Hatful of Rain). Dinner with Friends is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 1h 49m. A Hatful of Rain is the older of the two (1957 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Hatful of Rain posterA Hatful of Rain1957 VS Dinner with Friends posterDinner with Friends2025
A Hatful of RainDinner with Friends
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 10.0/10
Year19572025
Length1h 49m1h 36m
GenresDramaDrama
Country–Canada
DirectorFred ZinnemannSasha Leigh Henry
Main castWilliam Hickey, Henry Silva, Eva Marie Saint, Anthony Franciosa, Don MurrayTattiawna Jones, Tymika Tafari, Alex Spencer, Izaak Smith, Andrew Bushell

Synopsis

A Hatful of Rain

A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.

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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