Dandelion vs Fried Green Tomatoes

Dandelion has the higher audience score (9.2/10 against 7.7/10 for Fried Green Tomatoes). Dandelion is the shorter watch at 20m compared with 2h 10m. Fried Green Tomatoes is the older of the two (1991 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Dandelion posterDandelion2025 VS Fried Green Tomatoes posterFried Green Tomatoes1991
DandelionFried Green Tomatoes
Audience score★ 9.2/10★ 7.7/10
Year20251991
Length20m2h 10m
GenresComedy, Drama, HistoryComedy, Drama
CountryUnited States of AmericaUnited Kingdom
DirectorFiona ObertincaJon Avnet
Main castAva Lalezarzadeh, Vic Michaelis, Kristin Carey, Lynn Allinger, Sarah CortezMary-Louise Parker, Kathy Bates, Gailard Sartain, Cicely Tyson, Gary Basaraba

Synopsis

Dandelion

In 1970s Los Angeles, rebellious queer teen Margaret gets thrown out of yet another foster placement and finds herself in the company of a mysterious social worker who's tasked with finding her a new home before the break of dawn. At odds and forced to travel the city together, Margaret realizes that running may not be her only option.

Fried Green Tomatoes

Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in 1920s Whistle Stop, Alabama.

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