Balan - The Boy vs Dinner with Friends
Dinner with Friends has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Balan - The Boy). Dinner with Friends is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 2h 27m. Dinner with Friends is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Balan - The Boy
Dinner with Friends| Balan - The Boy | Dinner with Friends | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h 27m | 1h 36m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | India | – |
| Director | Chidambaram | Sasha Leigh Henry |
| Main cast | Tovino Thomas, Anand Ekarshi, Jinu Joseph, Lal Jr., Adhisheshan K R | Tattiawna Jones, Tymika Tafari, Alex Spencer, Izaak Smith, Andrew Bushell |
Synopsis
Balan - The Boy
A teenage boy searches for his missing mother following a turbulent childhood and her subsequent disappearance, exploring his search for closure and the truth about his past.
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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