Dinner with Friends vs Midnight Diner
Dinner with Friends has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.6/10 for Midnight Diner). Dinner with Friends is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 1h 59m. Midnight Diner is the older of the two (2014 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Dinner with Friends | Midnight Diner | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2014 |
| Length | 1h 36m | 1h 59m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Sasha Leigh Henry | Jōji Matsuoka |
| Main cast | Tattiawna Jones, Tymika Tafari, Alex Spencer, Izaak Smith, Andrew Bushell | Ken Mitsuishi, Yutaka Matsushige, Yuko Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi, Joe Odagiri |
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…
Midnight Diner
A restaurant opens at midnight. Both the menu offerings and personality of the owner draw a series of flawed patrons including Tamako, whose boyfriend has passed away, live-in worker Michiru, and ruckus-raising Kenzo.
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