Dinner with Friends vs House of Sand and Fog

Dinner with Friends has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.1/10 for House of Sand and Fog). Dinner with Friends is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 2h 6m. House of Sand and Fog is the older of the two (2003 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Dinner with Friends posterDinner with Friends2025 VS House of Sand and Fog posterHouse of Sand and Fog2003
Dinner with FriendsHouse of Sand and Fog
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 7.1/10
Year20252003
Length1h 36m2h 6m
GenresDramaDrama
CountryCanadaUnited States of America
DirectorSasha Leigh HenryVadim Perelman
Main castTattiawna Jones, Tymika Tafari, Alex Spencer, Izaak Smith, Andrew BushellFrances Fisher, Navi Rawat, Jennifer Connelly, Kim Dickens, Shohreh Aghdashloo

Synopsis

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…

House of Sand and Fog

Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an unfair legal dispute with the county, she is left with nowhere to go. Wanting her house back, she hires a lawyer and befriends a police officer. Neither Kathy nor Behrani have broken the law, so they…

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