Awakenings vs Dinner with Friends
Dinner with Friends has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.8/10 for Awakenings). Dinner with Friends is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 2h . Awakenings is the older of the two (1990 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Awakenings
Dinner with Friends| Awakenings | Dinner with Friends | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1990 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h | 1h 36m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Penny Marshall | Sasha Leigh Henry |
| Main cast | Robert De Niro, Julie Kavner, John Heard, Max von Sydow, Robin Williams | Tattiawna Jones, Tymika Tafari, Alex Spencer, Izaak Smith, Andrew Bushell |
Synopsis
Awakenings
Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.
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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