A Study of Empathy vs Dinner with Friends

Dinner with Friends has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for A Study of Empathy). A Study of Empathy is the shorter watch at 15m compared with 1h 36m. A Study of Empathy is the older of the two (2023 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Study of Empathy posterA Study of Empathy2023 VS Dinner with Friends posterDinner with Friends2025
A Study of EmpathyDinner with Friends
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 10.0/10
Year20232025
Length15m1h 36m
GenresDramaDrama
Country–Canada
DirectorHilke RönnfeldtSasha Leigh Henry
Main castSara Klein Larsen, Emilie Kruse, Lisa Carlehed, Mathias BroeTattiawna Jones, Tymika Tafari, Alex Spencer, Izaak Smith, Andrew Bushell

Synopsis

A Study of Empathy

Dana welcomes art student Penelope into her home to do a performance with an open mind. The episode leaves Dana more than confused about what happened today in her apartment, and she goes to Penelope's exhibition to clear her mind.

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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