Before the Fall vs Dinner with Friends
Dinner with Friends has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Before the Fall). Dinner with Friends is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 1h 57m. Before the Fall is the older of the two (2004 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Before the Fall
Dinner with Friends| Before the Fall | Dinner with Friends | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 57m | 1h 36m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Dennis Gansel | Sasha Leigh Henry |
| Main cast | Tom Schilling, Max Riemelt, Claudia Michelsen, Devid Striesow, Justus von Dohnányi | Tattiawna Jones, Tymika Tafari, Alex Spencer, Izaak Smith, Andrew Bushell |
Synopsis
Before the Fall
In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh column, Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education.
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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