Dinner with Friends vs I Am Sam
Dinner with Friends has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.6/10 for I Am Sam). Dinner with Friends is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 2h 12m. I Am Sam is the older of the two (2001 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dinner with Friends
I Am Sam| Dinner with Friends | I Am Sam | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2001 |
| Length | 1h 36m | 2h 12m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Sasha Leigh Henry | Jessie Nelson |
| Main cast | Tattiawna Jones, Tymika Tafari, Alex Spencer, Izaak Smith, Andrew Bushell | Marin Hinkle, Richard Schiff, Mary Steenburgen, Dakota Fanning, Loretta Devine |
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…
I Am Sam
Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations as a parent start to become a problem and the authorities take her away. Sam convinces high-priced lawyer Rita to take his case pro bono and in turn teaches her the value of love and family.
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