Ben Is Back vs Dinner with Friends
Dinner with Friends has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.6/10 for Ben Is Back). Dinner with Friends is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 1h 43m. Ben Is Back is the older of the two (2018 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Ben Is Back
Dinner with Friends| Ben Is Back | Dinner with Friends | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 43m | 1h 36m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Peter Hedges | Sasha Leigh Henry |
| Main cast | Courtney B. Vance, Tim Guinee, Kathryn Newton, Lucas Hedges, Rachel Bay Jones | Tattiawna Jones, Tymika Tafari, Alex Spencer, Izaak Smith, Andrew Bushell |
Synopsis
Ben Is Back
19-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother's undying love for her son is tested as she does everything in her power to keep him safe.
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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